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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person and fostering deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain
“More than a guide to better conversations, it’s a blueprint for a more connected and humane way of living. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to deepen their relationships and broaden their perspectives.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes (Summer Reading Pick)
As 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 all around are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?
Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.
The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.
“More than a guide to better conversations, it’s a blueprint for a more connected and humane way of living. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to deepen their relationships and broaden their perspectives.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes (Summer Reading Pick)
As 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 all around are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?
Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.
The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
24. Oktober 2023
Sprache
englisch
Untertitel
The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
Sprache: Englisch.
Seitenanzahl
X
Autor/Autorin
David Brooks
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
gebunden
Gewicht
558 g
Größe (L/B/H)
240/159/31 mm
ISBN
9780593230060
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How to Know a Person von David Brooks hat mich nicht nur inhaltlich berührt, sondern auch zum Nachdenken über meine eigenen zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen angeregt. Es ist eines dieser Bücher, das nicht nur gelesen, sondern erlebt werden möchte weil es so viele Gedanken auslöst, die im Alltag oft zu kurz kommen.
Brooks erinnert uns eindrücklich daran, wie sehr wir uns alle danach sehnen, wirklich gesehen und verstanden zu werden jenseits von Small Talk oder Rollenklischees.
Sein Schreibstil ist angenehm zugänglich, nie belehrend. Gerade weil er auch seine eigenen blinden Flecken offenlegt, wirkt das Buch ehrlich und glaubwürdig. Die Geschichten und Beispiele, die er einbettet, wirken lebensnah. Es regt zum Nachdenken und Reflektieren an, weil sie so gut zeigen, wie schnell wir aneinander vorbeireden, obwohl wir uns eigentlich nahe sein wollen.
Zugegeben: Im letzten Drittel hätte das Buch etwas straffer sein dürfen. Einige Gedanken wiederholen sich, und die vielen Verweise auf andere Werke unterbrechen manchmal den Lesefluss. Trotzdem überwiegt für mich das Positive vor allem, weil Brooks konkrete Ansätze bietet, wie wir in unseren Beziehungen präsenter und aufmerksamer sein können.
Fazit
How to Know a Person ist kein klassischer Ratgeber, sondern eine Einladung zur Reflexion über sich selbst, über andere, und über das, was echte Verbindung eigentlich ausmacht. Wer bereit ist, sich auf diesen Prozess einzulassen, wird nicht nur ein angenehmer Gesprächspartner, sondern auch generell ein aufmerksamerer Mensch. Sehr lesenswert!