"Never connect yourself with the other person's pain. Just hear their need. Leave yourself out of the other person's feelings and needs."

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Needs are never conflicting. When we say that, we are only saying that at the moment we aren't seeing how both needs can be met. That leaves an opening. When you think in the way I'm suggesting, you'll often find a way to get most needs met simultaneously.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg