“Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It’s the impetus for creating change.” – Max Carver
We think Max Carver got it right and that if we truly care about community building and making positive changes in the world, we have to invest in learning about how to become even more empathic as empathy is at the heart of true understanding. We asked some deeply empathic leaders to share their perspectives below.
Eric Gee
I guess this is the perfect question to ask a life coach who wrote a book titled, The Power of Personality: Unlock the Secrets to Understanding Everyone in your Life—Including Yourself! Ironically, one of the most important lessons I learned about empathy was from a sociopath. Read more>>
Qianying Niu
The sensitive and empathetic nature of my personality has always set me apart from other children since I was young. After graduating from high school, my parents sent me to study in the United States, where the experience of studying and living abroad broadened my perspective. Read more>>
Autumn Kinkade
I believe the conditions that helped me develop such empathy for others is via my cerebral palsy because it’s helped me realize that people are going through struggles as well and it’s important to show empathy within your own struggles so that others can look to you for their own empathy and strength from how you handle your own situation. Read more>>
Keith Lowe jr
The conditions that really helped prevail my career was back when I was growing up . Conditions were kinda tough with less resource access , not having a job , also going through college as well it all was a big challenge but I knew I wanted something better out of myself. Therefore I continued to push myself to go harder and work towards my goal and that is to become one of world’s the best fashion designer. Read more>>
Jenysia
Empathy is probably one of the more important qualities for a songwriter to have. I think it’s because of its connection with honesty and truth. I have a deep conviction that truth and love are inseparable. Empathy allows you to really feel where someone’s coming from… Read more>>
Sandra Rocha Colin
Definitely acting played a big role for me here. There is a quote that says “Everything that is human is not foreign to me.” I think this is an essential skill that as actors we develop and plays an enormous part in the creating of a character and story telling. Once I understood that as humans we have a margin of error I started being able to soften my view of life and started seeing and accepting everyone for who they are and what they carry with them. We are all always going through something. Read more>>
