Alison Wood Brooks
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There are people, though, every relationship in their life is like this and they want nothing else, myself included. Yeah, same. I have a colleague at Harvard named Leslie John who's writing a book called Reveal. And it's all about this conundrum of the spectrum from full opacity where you share nothing to full transparency.
There are people, though, every relationship in their life is like this and they want nothing else, myself included. Yeah, same. I have a colleague at Harvard named Leslie John who's writing a book called Reveal. And it's all about this conundrum of the spectrum from full opacity where you share nothing to full transparency.
If you could download the full contents of your brain and give it to somebody else as a gift, we're making these choices constantly of how much do we share of ourselves and what consequences come from it. Closeness.
If you could download the full contents of your brain and give it to somebody else as a gift, we're making these choices constantly of how much do we share of ourselves and what consequences come from it. Closeness.
If you could download the full contents of your brain and give it to somebody else as a gift, we're making these choices constantly of how much do we share of ourselves and what consequences come from it. Closeness.
I think about this all the time. One of the downsides of getting really good at conversation is that you don't actually have the bandwidth to be the best friend, the best boss, the best colleague to a thousand people. And it's such a first world problem.
I think about this all the time. One of the downsides of getting really good at conversation is that you don't actually have the bandwidth to be the best friend, the best boss, the best colleague to a thousand people. And it's such a first world problem.
I think about this all the time. One of the downsides of getting really good at conversation is that you don't actually have the bandwidth to be the best friend, the best boss, the best colleague to a thousand people. And it's such a first world problem.
If you really work on this skill and people are willing to trust you and share with you and love being with you, the problem then becomes that person actually doesn't have the time and energy to fulfill that role all the time to that many people.
If you really work on this skill and people are willing to trust you and share with you and love being with you, the problem then becomes that person actually doesn't have the time and energy to fulfill that role all the time to that many people.
If you really work on this skill and people are willing to trust you and share with you and love being with you, the problem then becomes that person actually doesn't have the time and energy to fulfill that role all the time to that many people.
It is not about boomers. Let me say that first of all. It is about humans of all ages and it's named after a boomerang. So it's when I ask you a question. So if I say to you, Monica, how was your weekend?
It is not about boomers. Let me say that first of all. It is about humans of all ages and it's named after a boomerang. So it's when I ask you a question. So if I say to you, Monica, how was your weekend?
It is not about boomers. Let me say that first of all. It is about humans of all ages and it's named after a boomerang. So it's when I ask you a question. So if I say to you, Monica, how was your weekend?
How was yours? Let me tell you about my weekend. You're asking so that you can talk.
How was yours? Let me tell you about my weekend. You're asking so that you can talk.
How was yours? Let me tell you about my weekend. You're asking so that you can talk.
Exactly. Very specific.
Exactly. Very specific.
Exactly. Very specific.