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Quotes about connection principles

We can only make requests, not demands, if our goal is to connect rather than to control - Marshall B. Rosenberg
At its heart, this is about the fundamental choice we face in every interaction: are we trying to connect with the other person's humanity, or are we trying to control the outcome?
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Control Quote

The deeper the understanding, the lesser the need for control - John Gray
At its core, this quote means that when you truly 'get' something, a person, a process, a system, your instinct to tightly manage it just... evaporates. Control is a substitute for comprehension.
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Control Quote

Children do not resist guidance; they resist domination - Marshall B. Rosenberg
The core message here is simple but profound: kids aren't inherently defiant. Their resistance isn't to being led; it's to being controlled, to having their autonomy crushed.