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Tag Archives: empathy
Good Communication: The Way Forward
Sometimes I feel like a broken record on this blog. There are a few subjects that I regularly write about, sometimes from different angles but often from the same angles. Communication is one of those subjects. I’m sure I’ve said … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged communication, Daryl Davis, empathy, Good Communication: The Way Forward, habits, kindness, love, progress, rhetoric, solving problems, understanding
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Tribute to Daryl Davis
Daryl Davis is an incredible person. He has done so much to promote empathy, understanding, compassion, and dialogue on some of the most controversial subjects while simultaneously showing the dangers of fear, assumptions, ignorance, hatred, and rigid ideologies. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, compassion, Daryl Davis, empathy, leadership, persuasion, role models, TED Talk, Tribute to Daryl Davis, understanding
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Review of Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference is a wonderful book by Chris Voss. Voss, a former FBI hostage negotiator, shares the techniques he used to secure the safe release of hostages from their captors and gives examples of how we can use … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Voss, empathy, hostage negotiation, Negotiation, Never Split the Difference, Review of Never Split the Difference, understanding
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Perspectives and Understanding
Everyone is working from their own perspective and level of understanding. Although many people share similar viewpoints, each person still adds their own experiences, thought processes, and values to their particular viewpoint, meaning that no two viewpoints are identical. And … Continue reading
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“Father Forgets”
“Father Forgets” is a short story by W. Livingston Larned. I found out about it because Dale Carnegie included in How to Win Friends and Influence People. It illustrates the importance of compassion, perspective, empathy, understanding, and forgiveness. I love … Continue reading
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Tagged "Father Forgets", compassion, Dale Carnegie, empathy, forgiveness, How to Win Friends and Influence People, perspective, understanding, W. Livingston Larned
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Irrational Decisions and Identifying with Ideologies
Have you ever seen (or participated in) an exchange in which two people with opposing views were convinced they were right and their opponents were wrong? Maybe they even cited studies that supported their respective sides. Looked at individually, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, Eckhart Tolle, empathy, identification, identity, ideologies, ideology, Jonathan Haidt, The Power of Now, The Righteous Mind, understanding
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