When we understand the needs that motivate our own and others behavior, we have no enemies. Marshall B. Rosenberg More Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg More Quotes From Marshall B. Rosenberg Make your goal to attend to your underlying needs and to aim for a resolution so satisfying that everyone involved has their needs met also. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationgoalneeds Anger tells us we've disconnected from life. The purpose in anger is to use it to come back to life. Marshall B. Rosenberg disconnectedpurposeuse The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change. Marshall B. Rosenberg spiritualitycommunicationneeds NO is always a YES to something else. Marshall B. Rosenberg nonviolent-communicationcommunication NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people. Marshall B. Rosenberg beauty-withincommunicationpeople If people just asked: "Here are the needs of both sides, here are the resources. What can be done to meet these needs?" the conflict would be easy to resolve. Marshall B. Rosenberg would-bepeopleneeds A need is life seeking expression within us. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationexpressionneeds 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 rewards. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationmotivationchildren Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact one and the same. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationsurvivalfacts My anger tells me firstly that there's a need of mine that's not getting met. Marshall B. Rosenberg metsminesneeds Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathypaingiving To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathyfeelingsneeds NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationskillstrying Upset? Ask yourself what this person does that is a trigger for judging them? Marshall B. Rosenberg upsetcommunicationjudging With every choice you make, be conscious of what need it serves. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationchoicesneeds The cause of anger lies in our thinking - in thoughts of blame and judgment. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationlyingthinking It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathydifficultmay NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationregretself Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationcriticismexpression Any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Tragic, first because it decreases our likelihood of getting our need met! Even if we think it. And secondly, because it increases the likelihood of violence. That's why I'm suggesting any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Say the need! Learn a need-consciousness. Marshall B. Rosenberg suicidalcommunicationthinking
