1/ _Unity: Communication_ by @sebastmarsh explores both the benefits and limits of explicit communication (vs. laconic or non-communication). I love the nuance of promoting a concept while analyzing it's downsides.https://medium.com/the-strategic-review/unity-7-communication-3b3cf07f6bb3 …
3/ "Many of our emotions are just early warning signals about uncomfortable activities, and we can transcend them...Often a laconic phrase is better than a long-winded piece of explicit communication, and often demonstrated action is better than any word at all."
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4/ To highlight with an example, compare
#NVC-speak: "Felix, when I see socks under the coffee table I feel irritated because I am needing more order in the room that we share in common. Would you be willing to put your socks in your room or in the washing machine?”Show this thread -
5/ With the Spartans: “On the morning of the third and final day of the battle, Leonidas, knowing they were being surrounded, exhorted his men, 'Eat well, for tonight we dine in Hell.'”
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6/ The former tries so hard to be connective & compassionate that it ends up stilted, and unnatural compared. When I'm with a friend and I screwup, there's no way a long-winded
#NVC-speech can ever compare in connectivity or compassion to a chuckle and the word "Doofus!"Show this thread
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