today was full of relevant info
"When we can't read another's intentions and the actions of their words aren't being displayed, we don't know how to behave around them anymore."
"Our happiness is based on the success of our social relationships."
"The biggest single lesson about managing conflict, or managing other things in a group, is to go towards the conflict rather than away from it; if what I do is to suppress it, to run away from it, to smooth it over, the conflict runs the risk--just below the surface--of seething and coming out in a more destructive fashion later."
"Everything's got their something. Everyone in that room had a story--whether it was sickness, poverty, or some other adversity--and they had all channeled their personal challenges into something beautiful. Their stories might be different from mine, but we all had one...My company had been born of my commitment to spend the rest of my life helping people celebrate. I said that I got up every day and helped people to laugh and express themselves." -Jennifer Gilbert
"Our happiness is based on the success of our social relationships."
"The biggest single lesson about managing conflict, or managing other things in a group, is to go towards the conflict rather than away from it; if what I do is to suppress it, to run away from it, to smooth it over, the conflict runs the risk--just below the surface--of seething and coming out in a more destructive fashion later."
"Everything's got their something. Everyone in that room had a story--whether it was sickness, poverty, or some other adversity--and they had all channeled their personal challenges into something beautiful. Their stories might be different from mine, but we all had one...My company had been born of my commitment to spend the rest of my life helping people celebrate. I said that I got up every day and helped people to laugh and express themselves." -Jennifer Gilbert