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A review by pattydsf
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter by Celeste Headlee
3.0
”The researchers at the Greater Good Science Center… recommend increasing empathy through interaction. They offer four simple ways to increase empathy:
1. Active listening
2. Sharing in other people’s joy
3. Looking for commonalities with others
4. Paying attention to faces
Want to accomplish all of these things at once? Have a conversation.”
I checked this book out sometime in 2019 because I knew that listening was going to get hard during the presidential campaign of 2020. However, I never got around to reading this and other people wanted to read it. I am not sure what made me check it out again, but trying to have better conversations is worth attempting at any time.
Headlee has done a good job of summarizing not only why we should try to have better conversations, but she also includes ways to improve our ability to talk and listen. I already guessed that I could do a better job when talking to others, especially those I disagree with. Headlee confirmed my suspicions.
The second half of this book is something I will need to revisit. I know that I can’t work on every part at once. I am going to try to keep things short and stop repeating myself. If I manage to do these, then I will come back and look at the other chapters.
Since this was the first book I finished this year, I don’t have any links to other things I have been reading.
1. Active listening
2. Sharing in other people’s joy
3. Looking for commonalities with others
4. Paying attention to faces
Want to accomplish all of these things at once? Have a conversation.”
I checked this book out sometime in 2019 because I knew that listening was going to get hard during the presidential campaign of 2020. However, I never got around to reading this and other people wanted to read it. I am not sure what made me check it out again, but trying to have better conversations is worth attempting at any time.
Headlee has done a good job of summarizing not only why we should try to have better conversations, but she also includes ways to improve our ability to talk and listen. I already guessed that I could do a better job when talking to others, especially those I disagree with. Headlee confirmed my suspicions.
The second half of this book is something I will need to revisit. I know that I can’t work on every part at once. I am going to try to keep things short and stop repeating myself. If I manage to do these, then I will come back and look at the other chapters.
Since this was the first book I finished this year, I don’t have any links to other things I have been reading.