798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian
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How to Label an Emotion
We don't actually have to name the emotion perfectly in order for people to appreciate the attempt at validation, i've learned. People don't like being mislabelled, and so they will correct you, thus labelling themselves. So i'll give a couple of examples. I remember one time i was in a negotiation when i was practising law, and the person was really frustrated. It's likel liken, iwas just cot to frustrated. Even if you were sort of way off like it, raged is much more intense than frustrated. And i think one of the things that's really challenging about this is that when you're in the face of high level emotions, like
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