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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Large Print Edition)

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Large Print Edition)

Brooks, David

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral SociologySelf-Help

Publisher Price: $32.00

ISBN10: 059379365X
ISBN13: 9780593793657
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Published: Nov 28 2023
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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.

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