“Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.” – Mohsin Hamid
We believe empathy is one of the most important ingredients enabling effectiveness and so we connected with some amazing folks to ask them about the conditions that allowed them to develop into such empathic leaders.
Kennedy Marinelli
I planted the seed and watered it, but it never grew because my environment was cold. Many days went past with no sunshine and the little that did shine through, wasn’t enough to sprout my seed. Traumatic events have played a pivotal role in deepening my empathy. During most of my childhood and teen-age years, I lost touch of reality. Read more>>
Erica Wachs
As only a mother can, mine will tell you that I have always been naturally empathetic. Instead, I credit two forces with shaping of my empathy: my grandmother and my writing. My late grandmother Roz was a social worker from Long Island, who never had a bad thing to say about anybody. Read more>>
Josh Tomsha
Travel has definitely taught lessons of empathy, exposing me to life and perspectives. When you take in others difficulties, we realize how fortunate we are. And to think, it was actually just luck. I could have been born in North Korea, Haiti, places of genocide, no clean water, modern medicine and thousands of other reasons that I’ve never had to deal with. Read more>>
Christine and Mass Bluewater Lavender Farm
Being resilient and staying resilient takes effort. We are both fortunate to come from very supportive families that we are strongly connected to. We also have an amazing network of friends that build us up and help us feel like we can do anything! Read more>>
