Empathy & Compassion

Top 8 Ways Empathy Can Bring You More Success

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No longer are humans considered to be exclusively self interested creatures; in fact, we are neurologically wired to feel empathy. Why, then, is being empathetic so important? 


To empathise with someone involves putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, and to feel, to a lesser extent, the same emotions that they are. In this sense, being empathetic can certainly help those who you are empathising with. BUT, it can also bring you success in your personal and occupational life.


Here are 8 ways how that can happen:

1. Making New Friends!…
2. Improve Existing Relationships..
3. Better People Management…
4. Boosting Fearlessness..
5. Pitching Your Ideas…
… by Christina Wu
    



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Empathy Trainers Salon #2 
Experienced Empathy Trainers share their experiences, insights, methods, etc. for teaching empathy. This is to build momentum for launching and building the Empathy Training and Curriculum Wiki project.

Edwin Rutsch
Director of the Center For Building a Culture of Empathy. Leading the empathy training and curriculum project.

Nelle Moffett 

Nelle co-authored Empathy in Conflict Intervention: The Key to Successful NVC Mediation. This book brings together theories from psychology, conflict resolution, and sociology to explore the effectiveness of empathy in mediation.

Rick Bowers 
Rev. Rick Bowers, M.A., spent twenty-six years with Hewlett-Packard Company, primarily in Research and Development. Rick holds several patents for software products that he developed. In 2007 he retired from Hewlett-Packard to obtain a Master’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Engagement at Antioch University Midwest.

Antonio Skruggs
I’m former Major League Outfielder & ‘Excellence Off The Field’ Author, Tony Scruggs (‪#‎TheEmpathyGuy‬) …my Psychology degree is from Ucla, my Empathy training includes time in India with the Gandhi family and once upon a time I played MLB for the President of the United States.

Rosa Zubizarreta
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https://sites.google.com/…/empathy…/trainer-salon/2016-01-24

https://www.facebook.com/EmpathyCenter/posts/1126905580687436