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“One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone.”

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Author:Marcel Proust

“Sullenberger later wrote about [air traffic controller] Harten, "his words let me know that he understood that these hard choices were mine to make, and it wasn't going to help if he tried to dictate a plan to me.”

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Author:Amy C. Edmondson

“Never presume to know a person based on the one dimensional window of the internet. A soul can’t be defined by critics, enemies or broken ties with family or friends. Neither can it be explained by posts or blogs that lack facial expressions, tone or insight into the person’s personality and intent. Until people “get that”, we will forever be a society that thinks Beautiful Mind was a spy movie and every stranger is really a friend on Facebook.”

“If the way you've been treating me is a mark of fondness, maybe you'd better take a fresh look at your interpersonal communication skills.”

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Book:Dream a Little Dream

Source: Dream a Little Dream

“In short, boundaries help us keep the good in and the bad out. They guard our treasures...”

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Book:Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

Source: Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

“The greatest thing I learned while taking classes at Second City was the very first thing they taught: 'Yes, and...'. In improv, you keep scenes alive but accepting whatever you are given and then adding to it or amplifying it. There is no space on stage for 'No,' 'I'm sorry, you're mistaken,' or 'Yes, but...'. Those transitions kill energy, set up interpersonal conflict, engage the ego in a defensive posture, and stymie the flow of conversation onstage.”

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Book:How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career

Source: How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career

“Small changes can magnifiy. The possibility of interpersonal communication has increased substantially with contemporary technology. But as compared with the major changes, which were long ago, these are not huge.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“[Internet] technology, like anything else that mankind creates is a tool and that tool can be used for good or for evil, like a light saber. Technology is supposed to bring people together, streamline things and make life easier and in a lot of ways it does that. However, technology can also disconnect you from other people and break down the social network, the real social network of family and friends and interpersonal communication, and isolate people, make them feel alone, make them feel small. So it's a tool that needs to be used correctly.”

“The possibility of interpersonal communication has increased substantially with contemporary technology. But as compared with the major changes, which were long ago, these are not huge.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.”

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Book:Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

Source: Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

“Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.”

“You're talking about a younger generation, Generation Y, whose interpersonal communication skills are different from Generation X. The younger generation is more comfortable saying something through a digital mechanism than even face to face.”

“I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.”

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Author:Vincent Nichols