Conversation & connection
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Trouble me,
disturb me
with all your cares
and your worries.
—10,000 Maniacs
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Come together.
—Beatles
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others.
—Jean de la Bruyere
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The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
—Peter Drucker
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
—Henry David Thoreau
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Small talk is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves nothing unsaid.
—Ned Sherrin
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The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances—if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
—Carl Jung
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Communication is merely an exchange of information, but connection is an exchange of our humanity.
—Sean Stephenson
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Bid for connection: Each of our daily interactions with another person.
—John Gottman
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Only connect!
—E.M. Forster
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Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.
―Anaïs Nin
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People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
—Maya Angelou
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Compassionate exchange practice
How would you like me to be with you?
Do you need to be hugged, helped, or just heard?
Questions for deepening connection
If I really knew you, what would I know?
If you really knew me, you would know…
If you really knew me practice (options)
How to be a radiator, not a drain
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
What’s something I wouldn’t believe about you?
The { } And, Strangers edition
Do people need small talk to be happy?
Poem: Sleeping Next to the Man on the Plane