A Selfish Reason to be Empathetic

Oct 7

You are a good person...

...you do the right thing at work.
...you are patient with customers.
...you help the elderly neighbor with her groceries.

Regrettably, from time to time you...

...bad mouth a co-worker, only to find out they had a death in the family.
...are a bit mean to a customer, only to understand they just lost their job.
...ignore the elderly neighbor's request for help with the groceries, only to find out she has no one else to help her.

How do you feel about yourself when you do wrong? Is there a little voice in your head that says, "You need to be nice to people because you never know what they are going through."

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson pens, "Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy."

By "different," does Tyson mean, "Imagine how different better the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy."

Would the prisms that color our perspectives be true colors?

Ramon B. Nuez Jr.

Over the past 4 years, I have had the extraordinary opportunity to work on several large scale campaigns, including brand ambassadorships with Fortune 100 companies like Verizon. Where I assisted in driving tech conversations online and responding to potential customers about my experience as a longtime Verizon FiOS customer. I am a serial entrepreneur. And while most of my ventures have ended in failure I continue to learn and press on. Today, I am making my journey in becoming a freelance writer and photographer. These are two passions that have always been true to me.

http://www.ramonbnuezjr.com/

A Selfish Reason to be Empathetic

How Questions Help You to Rethink Your Purpose, so it Feeds Your Success

Looking Out for Each Other