PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS
Remember that stress doesn’t comefrom what’s going on in your life.It comes from your thoughts aboutwhat’s going on in your life.
—ANDREW J. BERNSTEIN,American philosopher and author ofThe Capitalist Manifesto
In Chapter 3, we deconstructed our stories to become aware of our private thoughts. In this chapter, we consider what happens when multiple private/public conversations between two or more people intersect. Once again, the four questions become our guide and help us make our case, seek to understand others, and take some of the mystery out of fractious interactions. We can ask questions like these: “What are the different ...
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