The Communication Book by Mikael Krogerus

How much distance we keep from other people Perhaps you know the feeling: you’re sitting in the cinema, the film hasn’t started ...

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. ...

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Why we should talk to each other about how we talk to each other It’s an archetypal misunderstanding: A couple are sitting in a ...

‘What is thought is not always said; what is said is not always heard; what is heard is not always understood; what is understoo ...

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Why it’s worth talking to each other The twentieth century was the century of mass murder. Two world wars took place within a pe ...

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How your therapist talks to you What does your therapist do when talking to you? He or she makes a so- called ‘second-order obse ...

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Which ‘I’ do you use to communicate? Here are two of the greatest interpreters of human communication: · Sigmund Freud (1856–193 ...

proposal was no good, we are in the adult mode. But if we argue morally that the others are wrong because we are right, we are i ...

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How to talk to children (even if you don’t have any of your own) If you’ve ever asked a child: ‘How was school today?’ or tried ...

was March to April 2014 for you?’ · Adults were children once, too: these rules of communication apply to all ages. ‘It is easie ...

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When we think of the best arguments ‘The term l’esprit de l’escalier (“staircase wit”) refers to opinions and ideas that we expr ...

WORDS AND MEANINGS ...

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What kind of image we have of the world In communication, there is a fundamental rule: how something is said and by whom – the ‘ ...