A short monologue (YouTube short) about interpersonal skills and learning how different people experience trust, care, influence, and disclosure. The speaker emphasizes that there is no one-size-fits-all: participants in a class learn to give effective feedback, manage conflict and disclosure, and—through sustained interactions—discover how to connect with and care for different individuals while also learning about themselves.
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Yes, people learn how to give feedback in ways that are more likely to be effective and productive. Yes, people learn how to have more productive conflict. Yes, people learn how to manage the dynamics of disclosure. They learn a lot about feelings, but what they ultimately learn is they learn how to learn about others. And one of the most fundamental lessons is what it takes for me to connect with you and for you to trust me and for you to be influenced by me may be different than what is going to take the person sitting right next to you, because it's not a one size fits all. And so what they learn is they learn what builds trust, what creates mistrust, what builds influence, what creates care. And what does care look like? And it looks very different for you than it looks for somebody else. And that's what's so powerful for them. In the meantime, I like to say every interaction with another human being is an opportunity to learn about yourself. It's an opportunity to learn about them, and it's an opportunity to learn about interpersonal dynamics. So imagine a quarter long class where that is all that is happening. Interactions with 12 other human beings. You're learning a lot about yourself, about them, and about interpersonal dynamics.