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How to make a CONNECTION with ANYONE: the master skill of human relationships
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How to make a CONNECTION with ANYONE: the master skill of human relationships

How to Make a Connection with Anyone

In this video, Dr. Orion Taraban discusses how to form an emotional connection with anyone by using empathy.

Understanding Empathy

  • Empathy is not about imagining yourself in another person's circumstances and considering how you would feel.
  • The same stimulus can create vastly different emotional responses in different people or even the same person at different times.
  • Imagining yourself in the exact same circumstances as another individual often leaves people feeling alienated and judged.

Using Empathy to Connect with Others

  • Instead of imagining yourself in the exact same circumstances as another individual, remember a situation in your own life that has created the same emotional reaction in you.
  • Almost everyone has had the experience of losing something precious to them. This is the universal experience that makes it possible to forge a connection with even radically different people.

Overall, forming an emotional connection with others involves using empathy by remembering a similar situation from your own life that created the same emotional reaction. By doing so, you can better understand what might actually be going on for the other person and forge a deeper connection.

The Importance of Emotional Connection

In this section, the speaker discusses how to create an emotional connection with others by understanding their reality.

Understanding the Doorway to Emotional Connection

  • People's words are not the end goal but a doorway to enter into their emotional reality.
  • Focusing on circumstantial details keeps conversations factual and uninteresting.

Creating Empathy for Emotional Connection

  • Accessing your own emotional reality can help you approach others with empathy.
  • Empathy allows you to forge a real emotional connection with almost anyone.

Personal Experience and Conclusion

  • The speaker asks if listeners have used this skill in their own lives and invites them to share in the comments below.
  • The importance of creating an emotional connection is emphasized as a means of building deeper relationships with others.
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