“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.
Aja Cobbs
We all know that the toughest people come from some of the toughest situations. When I was young I did not always have the stability that I have today. I have accrued empathy, developed a deeper innerstanding, and a sense of compassion for those around me, through my life experiences. P.S I feel like these questions are best answered with stories from my life. I hope you have a little time to read today!!! Read More>>
Jacqueline White
While battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer require empathy everyday, so why wouldn’t I give someone that same respect? Complete strangers were caring, understanding, loving, and kind while I went through chemo and radiation treatments. I choose to see people how God views us.
To understand goodness in others. We are human, no one makes perfect decisions everyday. We have a way these days of canceling people who truly need help or are struggling. Read More>>
Benn Wiebe
Empathy: It’s a word we don’t use nearly enough as a benchmark for where we are at in this journey. How often do we pass each other by with offerings of “how are you?”, or “how’s it going?”, and often the response is a simple “fine”, or “good”, with little follow up to what any of that means, or if that response is a genuine one for the moment. It’s just something people say. And we move on. But empathy requires curiosity. It requires care, and concern, and digging further into the journey to discover what’s really there. In my journey. it has been rare to come across many others who have shared in my curiosity to dig deeper. So naturally I dig in harder and want to tap into the why of it all, of why we dismiss each other and those feelings so easily. My empathy is bred from trauma. Read More>>
