When given this assignment I was unsure of what I would be looking for exactly, when arriving at the book store, it was even harder to differentiate what exactly I would be picking for my review. After spending hours in the store I walk to a sales person who pointed me in the correct direction, this is where I found the book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. With being involved in the medical field at work, especially working with individuals with Alzheimer’s or Dementia, each individually having different behaviors some of which require a great understanding of patience and need of redirection. When looking at this book I have found that it could possibly assist me with a better understanding of how I can communicate better with
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One kind of life-alienating communication is the use of moralistic judgments that imply wrongness or badness on the part of people who don’t act in harmony with other values (Rosenberg 15). With consideration that everyone is raised differently and could consider somethings wrong and correct different than others, it is thought that when I say “you’re absolutely bonkers” my family will perceive it as a joke, but others could consider it an enormous insult. In nonviolent communication you must realize there are occasions when we may choose not to verbally reflect someone’s statement out of respect for certain cultural norms (Rosenberg 98). When we make statements like this one the author explains that, the type of tone of voice we use is highly important as well, because many individuals are likely to be sensitive to the slightest hint of sarcasm or criticism (Rosenberg …show more content…
For example during my reading I found some statements that could be considered stereotypical or even a bit racist, on page 83, 2nd paragraph, there is a statement “I’ve learned always to say “Sir” to people with biceps like his, especially when one of them sports a tattoo” (Rosenberg 83). Literally the first mini subjects title is “Using Positive Action Language” and not further into the chapter they are using language that is in fact not positive, but caused a negative reaction on my part. I found that throughout the book, there were examples that did in fact cause a negative reaction and perspective to this book, but they were used in examples as the way not to talk in this case that is not the
One kind of life-alienating communication is the use of moralistic judgments that imply wrongness or badness on the part of people who don’t act in harmony with other values (Rosenberg 15). With consideration that everyone is raised differently and could consider somethings wrong and correct different than others, it is thought that when I say “you’re absolutely bonkers” my family will perceive it as a joke, but others could consider it an enormous insult. In nonviolent communication you must realize there are occasions when we may choose not to verbally reflect someone’s statement out of respect for certain cultural norms (Rosenberg 98). When we make statements like this one the author explains that, the type of tone of voice we use is highly important as well, because many individuals are likely to be sensitive to the slightest hint of sarcasm or criticism (Rosenberg …show more content…
For example during my reading I found some statements that could be considered stereotypical or even a bit racist, on page 83, 2nd paragraph, there is a statement “I’ve learned always to say “Sir” to people with biceps like his, especially when one of them sports a tattoo” (Rosenberg 83). Literally the first mini subjects title is “Using Positive Action Language” and not further into the chapter they are using language that is in fact not positive, but caused a negative reaction on my part. I found that throughout the book, there were examples that did in fact cause a negative reaction and perspective to this book, but they were used in examples as the way not to talk in this case that is not the