* Connect by Blinkist is a book that explores how relationships, both professionally and personally, shape our lives and our world. Written by world-renowned psychologist and researcher Dr. Mariana Brussoni, this book presents a unique way of looking at relationships in order to understand the importance of healthy communication and connection.
* Key learnings:
-The importance of building meaningful relationships
-How relationships drive our actions, decisions and attitude
-Essential skills to help cultivate healthy relationships
As a UX Designer, this book will give you great insight into the psychology of relationships. You will be able to apply the concepts to the development of user flows and the interactions between users and technology. Other interesting books for UX Designers that tackle relationship building are 101 Design Methods by Vijay Kumar and Invisible Influence by Jonah Berger.
🎀 Highlights
Relationships exist on a continuum.
the costs of silence; why “constructive feedback” is a misnomer; and how conflict is key to growth.
Being authentic doesn’t mean you have to reveal everything about yourself to everyone. It means sharing, genuinely and wholly, the parts that are important to a specific relationship. Authentic self-disclosure results in the first hallmark of an exceptional relationship,
Your peers will recognize, and admire, this – and use your disclosure as a model for their own transparency.
silence does the opposite. The less we reveal, the more others will draw conclusions in order to make sense of what they see. By being reticent with self-disclosure, we actually lose control of how others perceive us.
Relationships exist on a continuum.
the costs of silence; why “constructive feedback” is a misnomer; and how conflict is key to growth.
Being authentic doesn’t mean you have to reveal everything about yourself to everyone. It means sharing, genuinely and wholly, the parts that are important to a specific relationship. Authentic self-disclosure results in the first hallmark of an exceptional relationship,
Your peers will recognize, and admire, this – and use your disclosure as a model for their own transparency.
silence does the opposite. The less we reveal, the more others will draw conclusions in order to make sense of what they see. By being reticent with self-disclosure, we actually lose control of how others perceive us.
