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Maria Popova of Brain Pickings

The One You Feed

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The Disconnect Between Knowing and Understanding Is the Root of Conflict

I think that is a, it's that old idea of when you're having a conversation with someone. If you can try and understand really where they're coming from and their view of the world, it makes all those things happen so much better. But most of us, at least in a lot of meaningful conversations, I've certainly been this way and work on it. We have a pretty core and sort of almost biological aversion and fear of being wrong.

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