Communication Quotes

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Use the words "I feel because I" to remind us that what we feel it isn't because of what the other person did, but because… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC shows us a way of being very honest, but without any criticism, insults, or putdowns, and without any intellectual diagnosis implying wrongness. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Once you have access to key people in an organization, if you go into a meeting with enemy images of those people - then you… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We recognize that real educational reform is essential if today's and tomorrow's children are to live in a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
My need is for safety, fun and to have distribution of resources, a sustainable life on the planet. NVC is a strategy that serves me… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
My ultimate goal is to spend as many of my moments in life as I can in that world that the poet Rumi talks about,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Four D's of Disconnection: 1. Diagnosis (judgment, analysis, criticism, comparison); 2. Denial of Responsibility; 3. Demand; 4. 'Deserve' oriented language. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive the praise or… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make the other side… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways we hope. In… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Once you can clearly describe what you are reacting to, free of your interpretation or evaluation of it, other people are less likely to be… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
When we make mistakes, we can use the process of NVC mourning and self-forgiveness to show us where we can grow instead of getting caught… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC is interested in learning that is motivated by reverence for life, by a desire to learn skills, to contribute better to our own well-being… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
If we ask two questions, we will see that punishment never works. First: What do we want the other person to do? Second: What do… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Labeling and diagnosis is a catastrophic way to communicate. Telling other people what's wrong with them greatly reduces, almost to zero, the probability that we're… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
To practice NVC, it's critical for me to be able to slow down, take my time, to come from an energy I choose, the one… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Clinical training in psychoanalysis has a deficit. It teaches how to sit and think about what a person is saying and how to interpret it… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The number one reason that we don't get our needs met, we don't express them. We express judgments. If we do express needs, the number… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Before we tackle the gangs and the basic story, we have to make sure that we have liberated ourselves from how we have been educated… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Conventional compliments often take the form of judgments however positive, and are sometimes offered to manipulate the behavior of others. NVC encourages the expression of… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Children need far more than basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as important as those might be. Children also need to learn how to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Teacher, school administrators and parents will come away from Life-Enriching Education with skills in language, communication, and ways of structuring the learning environment that support… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC can be effectively applied at all levels of communication and in diverse situations: intimate relationships, families, schools, organizations and institutions, therapy and counseling, diplomatic… — Marshall B. Rosenberg

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