Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. Deborah Tannen on alone
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. Deborah Tannen on communication
Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. Deborah Tannen on power
The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship. Deborah Tannen on relationship
Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women. Deborah Tannen on women