A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain
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 we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: 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 his determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from 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.
0 有用 Karanliu 2024-02-27 19:45:46 浙江
We are discussing this book at the end of this month. If you’re interested, you can join us.
3 有用 ZZ 2023-11-27 05:29:17 美国
裏面提到的“五大人格”都已經是老概念了,但是被David Brooks揉碎了,融入其他的概念裏,就體現出實用性了。
1 有用 kxysmhh 2024-03-05 17:16:20 天津
和别人交谈时,多关注别人,少提自己。这道理作者也懂,写起书来就忘了,通篇的我怎样怎样,我朋友怎样怎样,谁关心?读者想看到的是详实的论证和严谨的科学。 今后读书,要么读参考文献扎实的,要么读作者在领域内是顶尖水平的。 我对best seller的容忍度越来越低,会有一天我下定决心,只读masterpiece。
0 有用 Mamula 2024-01-07 10:52:37 美国
内容顶多两页纸就能讲完了吧
1 有用 Blue Mountain 2024-04-11 16:31:54 广东
最近很爱这主题。写得很容易读。
0 有用 AlexWuKing 2024-05-24 23:57:34 北京
我觉得挺好啊~有点回归再读《少有人走的路》的感觉
0 有用 椿十一郎chamber 2024-05-20 22:53:37 江苏
很易读,也很口水很拖沓
1 有用 Blue Mountain 2024-04-11 16:31:54 广东
最近很爱这主题。写得很容易读。
0 有用 糖小猫 2024-03-11 03:21:04 美国
也不知道读了个啥道理…
1 有用 kxysmhh 2024-03-05 17:16:20 天津
和别人交谈时,多关注别人,少提自己。这道理作者也懂,写起书来就忘了,通篇的我怎样怎样,我朋友怎样怎样,谁关心?读者想看到的是详实的论证和严谨的科学。 今后读书,要么读参考文献扎实的,要么读作者在领域内是顶尖水平的。 我对best seller的容忍度越来越低,会有一天我下定决心,只读masterpiece。