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		<title>The Art of Fighting: 5 Stories About Conflict, Love and Belonging</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction&#160;What if the people we fight with are the very people we most want to keep?&#160;Inspired by the central themes of Priya Parker’s The Art of Fighting, these five fictional stories explore conflict where the stakes are deeply personal: a father watching his son choose a different future, a wife who has hidden herself behind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Art of Fighting: What Makes Conflict Healthy or Harmful?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction&#160;Conflict becomes much more complicated when communication skills alone are not enough.&#160;What if both people sincerely believe they are the victim? What if one person has much more power? What if understanding does not produce agreement? And how much of ourselves should we sacrifice to preserve a marriage, family, friendship, or community?&#160;Inspired by Priya Parker’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Art of Fighting by Priya Parker: Can Conflict Save Relationships?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction&#160;What if fighting is not always a sign that a relationship is failing?&#160;In The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict, Priya Parker challenges one of our deepest assumptions about relationships: that peace is good and conflict is bad. Sometimes silence preserves harmony. Sometimes it slowly creates distance. Sometimes an argument damages a relationship. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Before We Forget How to Connect: 5 Modern Stories</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction&#160;Before We Forget How to Connect: 5 Modern Stories About Truly Knowing SomeoneWhat if the greatest threat to human connection isn't that we stop loving people?&#160;What if it's that we become convinced we already know them?&#160;A father in Adelaide has called his son shy since childhood. Then he watches that same son command a room [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Before We Forget How to Connect: 30 Questions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction&#160;Before We Forget How to Connect: 30 Questions About What Makes Us Feel Truly KnownWhat if the greatest communication problem is not that people don't know how to speak, but that we gradually stop being curious about the people we love?&#160;Vinh Giang's forthcoming book, Before We Forget How to Connect: Be Heard, Be Seen, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Before We Forget How to Connect: Vinh Giang Explained</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction&#160;Before We Forget How to Connect: What Does It Mean to Truly Know Another Human Being?We have never had more ways to reach one another.A parent can see a child thousands of miles away. Old friends can remain part of each other's lives across continents. A message can arrive almost instantly. AI can even help [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Vessel of Words: 5 Korean Stories of Hurt and Healing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction&#160;A message remains unread.&#160;A manager waits five seconds before speaking.&#160;A daughter says she will not return home for Seollal.&#160;A student deletes an anonymous post, only to discover that the injury has already escaped the screen.&#160;A mother sits beside an empty bowl, trying not to fill her son’s silence with meanings he never gave her.&#160;These five [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Never Complain Never Explain: Henry Ford &#038; Disraeli</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction by Henry FordWhat if true confidence is knowing exactly when to speak and when to let your work speak instead?&#160;People have often associated my name with four simple words: "Never complain, never explain." Whether I first said them matters less than whether we understand them correctly.&#160;Many have mistaken this principle for stubbornness. Others have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Influence Explained: Robert Cialdini’s Persuasion Playbook</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if Robert Cialdini explored Influence with the mentors he most respected—testing where persuasion ends and manipulation begins?Introduction by Robert CialdiniInfluence Explained is my invitation to slow down and notice something humbling: most of the time we don’t choose with pure deliberation—we choose with cues. Not because we’re careless, but because the world is loud, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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