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Nobody Teaches This

Sophie Venn@sophievenn

11 cards

From The School of LifeBeing A Good Listener

Good listening is one of life’s most important skills, yet most people were never taught how to do it.

From The School of LifeWhy You Will Marry the Wrong Person

Rage often begins as frustrated optimism: reality violates our intense expectation that the world should work smoothly.

From The School of LifeBeing A Good Listener

You can genuinely like someone, believe they are wrong, and help untangle their thinking without attacking them.

From The Gottman InstituteFour Horsemen of the Apocalypse | The Gottman Institute: Relationship Behaviors that Lead to Failure

When conflict turns defensive, accept responsibility for at least one part of it.

From Charisma on CommandHow To Stand Up For Yourself If You Hate Conflict

The Socratic method requires genuine openness to being wrong. A fixed agenda defeats it.

From Kurzgesagt – In a NutshellWhen This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

For most people, serious adult work consumes roughly 2,000 weeks between ages 25 and 65.

From Samuel HughesThe myth of medieval childhood

In medieval England, about 25 percent of children died in their first year, and another 15 percent by age ten.

From Samuel HughesThe myth of medieval childhood

The Crown banned football to force boys into archery practice, but medieval players widely ignored the bans.

From The School of LifeWhy You Will Marry the Wrong Person

Addiction is any recurring behavior used to escape uncomfortable thoughts and emotions, not just substance dependence.

From Charisma on CommandHow To Stand Up For Yourself If You Hate Conflict

Gently naming someone’s body language and tone reduces defensive signals, making the other person more open-minded.

From The Gottman InstituteFour Horsemen of the Apocalypse | The Gottman Institute: Relationship Behaviors that Lead to Failure

Stonewalling is withdrawing from a conversation without resolving the issue. Repeated negativity can make it habitual.

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