Empathy and compassion are the source of all happiness and success,” says the Dalai Lama in a message of support to the Empathy and Compassion in Society conference.
“We human beings are social animals, we depend on each other for our very survival. Of course, we have a natural inclination to pursue our own self-interest, but the key point here is to do so wisely rather than foolishly.” Where do we start?
But then I am reminded of what the Lord tells Ezekiel. “I will give you a new heart,” the Lord says, “and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone, and give you a heart of flesh.”That’s what we m…
“Practitioners of the design discipline use the idea of empathy as a key driver for their research; social marketing research should do the same. Brown (2009) identifies connecting with people as the most important distinction between academic thinking…
Parents have been so focused on how their kids feel, they forget to teach kids to think about how others feel.So how does he think we can help our kids become kind, empathetic beings? A few tips:1. Remember that kids are modeling you. They le…
Experts have been helping rebuild police -community relations — by getting cops to see themselves through residents’ eyesLast week, the Department of Justice rolled out a major new initiative to try to repair the relationships between local polic…
