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A review by pineconek
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
This is basically "dang, I discovered emotional vulnerability and it's kind of neat" as a book.
I picked this up because I'm in a stage of my life where I'm actively trying to be less dismissive of people who don't share my world view. I find this really hard in the current social climate, where one (1) Bad Opinion can be used to dismiss someone as not worth listening to. I appreciated the ways in which this book cautioned against using these mental shortcuts.
As a side note: the author presents these ideas from the perspective of a hardened middle aged man, and I think other hardened middle aged men would benefit from reading this.
That said, a stronger book on the topic that I recommend to a more general audience is You're Not Listening, which gets quoted in this one. I think that "how to know a person" can be useful for people new to the idea of emotional vulnerability. A soft 2.5 stars on SG rounded down to 2 on GR.
I picked this up because I'm in a stage of my life where I'm actively trying to be less dismissive of people who don't share my world view. I find this really hard in the current social climate, where one (1) Bad Opinion can be used to dismiss someone as not worth listening to. I appreciated the ways in which this book cautioned against using these mental shortcuts.
As a side note: the author presents these ideas from the perspective of a hardened middle aged man, and I think other hardened middle aged men would benefit from reading this.
That said, a stronger book on the topic that I recommend to a more general audience is You're Not Listening, which gets quoted in this one. I think that "how to know a person" can be useful for people new to the idea of emotional vulnerability. A soft 2.5 stars on SG rounded down to 2 on GR.