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Presented to you by Penguin, this is a pragmatic and emotionally charged guide to mastering the fine art of understanding people. It aims to foster deeper connections across all aspects of life – home, work, and beyond. This masterpiece is penned by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain.
To genuinely care for someone, you need to understand them first. Whether you’re hiring, marrying, or befriending someone, you must see them for who they are. To work effectively with someone, you need to make them feel recognized and valued. As observed by David Brooks, “With age, I’ve come to realize that at the heart of any thriving family, company, classroom, community, or nation, lies one indispensable skill: the ability to see each other, to understand others, and to make them feel valued, heard, and comprehended.”
However, we as humans often fall short in this regard. Many around us feel invisible, unseen, and misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks seeks to improve our ability to understand others, asking questions that are crucial for all of us. If you wish to understand someone, what kind of attention should you focus on them? What conversations should you have? Which aspects of a person’s story should you heed?
Driven by his signature curiosity, Brooks employs knowledge from psychology and neuroscience, and draws inspiration from theatre, history, and education. This results in an inclusive, hopeful approach to human connection. How to Know a Person encourages listeners to be more understanding and empathetic towards others, and helps them discover the joy of being seen. It also proposes a potential solution for a society divided by misunderstanding, hostility, and false perception.
Seeing another person, Brooks argues, is a deeply creative act. How can we gaze into someone’s eyes and perceive something grand in them, and subsequently, uncover something grander within ourselves? How to Know a Person is the perfect read for anyone longing for connection, aspiring