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Let's stop passively accepting physical decline over age 55.
We use tools from "How to Know a Person" by David Brooks to improve our social interactions for long-term health.
In Lesson 3 of this series, we use David Brooks's book --"How to Know a Person" -- to discover how to look past surface words, navigate hard conversations with empathy, and ask story-framing questions that build deep human connection. We focus on Chapters Nine and Fifteen.
Improve your Social Interaction
Improve your Social Interaction
Vibrant social interactions are one key to healthy and happy longevity. We need to keep developing our social skills as we age. David Brooks has a fantastic guide to this process: How to Know a Person. Dive in and learn some new skills.
Field Manual - Action Guides and Printable Reminders for the Fridge or Gym Bag
Field Manual - Action Guides and Printable Reminders for the Fridge or Gym Bag
Download the companion Field Manual For Lesson One to track your progress, learn how to be an "Illuminator" and avoid being a "Diminisher".
Click the image above to download and print your Blueprint.
See Others Deeply: How to Know a Person by David Brooks
See Others Deeply: How to Know a Person by David Brooks
It's only been out a few years, but this work is already on my "go-to" reference shelf. Well worth it for us seniors learning (and yearning) to communicate with others...
The Importance of Stories
The Importance of Stories
Here's David Brooks in an interview with SoundsTrue. Note where he discusses the power of the "redemption" story in America, but that's not always a universally popular story across the globe...hence, the need for conversations with others to know them better.
Our Third Act of life can be a time of continuing to learn social interacion skills. Knowing another person through conversation is a great tool most of us can hone for years to come.
Our Third Act of life can be a time of continuing to learn social interacion skills. Knowing another person through conversation is a great tool most of us can hone for years to come.
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