# NVC - Non Violent Communication

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Marshall Rosenberg
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[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication) snippets below

> NVC is based on the assumption that **all human beings have capacity for compassion and empathy** and that people only resort to violence or behavior harmful to others when they do not recognize more effective strategies for meeting [needs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need).[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication#cite_note-KashtanAssump-4)
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> NVC theory **supposes that all human behavior stems from attempts to meet** [**universal human needs**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_human_needs)**,** and that these needs are never in conflict; rather, **conflict arises when strategies for meeting needs clash**. NVC proposes that people should identify shared needs, which are revealed by the thoughts and feelings surrounding these needs, and then they should collaborate to develop strategies and make requests of each other to meet each other's needs. **The goal is interpersonal harmony and learning for future cooperation**.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication#cite_note-Fullerton-5)
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> NVC aims to support change on three interconnected levels: **within self, between others, and within groups and social systems.** NVC is taught as a process of interpersonal communication designed to improve compassionate connection to others.&#x20;

| Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive the praise or rewards. |
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> I wouldn’t expect someone who’s been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain.

> When we are depressed, our thinking blocks us from being aware of our needs, and then being able to take action to meet our needs.

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