How to Know a Person
by David Brooks · first published 2023
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As #1 New York Times bestselling author David Brooks observes, "There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen -- to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood." And yet we humans don't do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person, what kind of at
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I can't recommend "How to Know A Person" by David Brooks enough. It's for us introverted nerds, by a fellow introverted nerd. A manual on how to become unblocked. For a broad overview, though, the secret sauce is to learn to listen to people…
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on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?” ↗I loved the book "How to know a person - The art of seeing others deeply and being deeply seen, David Brooks, 2023". I found truly interesting ways to look at the problem. By a professional of getting people to connect. Including issues such…
on “What does connecting with someone mean?” ↗…thought I was air traffic control when others were looking for a copilot. Somebody along for the ride with them, not just requesting information about them and offering commentary from the ground. Reading _How to Know a Person_ helped me a lot.
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