Episode 212: The three goals of human interaction

The three goals of human interaction is a concept developed by
Marsha Linehan for her dialectal behavior therapy module on
interpersonal effectiveness. According to Linehan, there are
really only three goals humans can have when interacting with
others: effectiveness, harmony, and self-respect. Ideally, all
three goals are (more or less) met in the course of our
interactions; however, sometimes this isn't practically possible.
Linehan advocates the conscious and strategic prioritization of
one goal over the others in these cases. I'll discuss more in
this episode.


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