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Kerry Patterson

출생: March 30, 1946 – Bellingham, Washington, United States

Kerry Patterson was a business author and VitalSmarts cofounder whose work focused on communication, accountability, influence, and organizational change. ((https://www.td.org/p/kerry-patterson?utm_source=openai)) He coauthored four New York Times bestsellers—Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, Influencer, and Change Anything—and helped create widely used training programs; Crucial Conversations alone sold more than five million copies worldwide. ((https://cruciallearning.com/crucialskills/2008/11/dissecting-direct-talk/?utm_source=openai))

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Kerry Patterson grew up in Bellingham, Washington, in a family he later described through stories of modest means, hard work, and a mother whose determination helped finance his education. Those years gave him both subject matter and method: school writing assignments trained him into a disciplined storyteller, while family life taught him to notice the decisive moments when ordinary people choose effort, candor, or kindness. After graduating from high school in Bellingham, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in 1970, later completed a master’s in organizational behavior there in 1976, pursued doctoral work at Stanford University, and went on to teach at BYU. ((https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-the-hole-in-our-backyard/))

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The secret of happiness lies not in the act of creating joy. The secret of happiness lies in recognizing joy when it comes
-Kerrying On: Tombstone Talk
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These weren’t just snacks we were giving away, they were fructose-charged team builders
-Your Very Own Culture Change
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And from what I’ve personally experienced, joy is worth the search
-Kerrying On: Finding Joy at Work
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In short, find a way to bring others happiness. It’s the fast track to joy
-The Fast Track to Joy
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I had taken the road less traveled, and it had indeed made all the difference
-The Road Less Traveled
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It’s the image of a little boy holding a cat’s cradle string, and sitting on the lap of a true American hero
-Kerrying On: Uncle Vic
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Work is too time consuming and life absorbing not to provide us with lots of positive emotions. Anything less would be a tragedy
-Creating Joy at Work
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Grandpa often told me it was an honor, even noble, to help others meet their needs
-Kerrying On: The Merchant of Bellingham
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Much of our daily social interaction is tightly scripted. We engage in the same conversations so frequently that they become rote
-Kerrying On: Breaking Habits

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