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The Harvard Business Review Recently Had An Article Called 'the Human Moment,' About How To Make Real Contact With A Person At Work: ... The Fundamental Thing You Have To Do Is Turn Off Your Blackberry, Close Your Laptop, End Your Daydream And Pay Full Attention To The Person.

The Other Thing Is That If You Rely Solely On Medication To Manage Depression Or Anxiety, For Example, You Have Done Nothing To Train The Mind, So That When You Come Off The Medication, You Are Just As Vulnerable To A Relapse As Though You Had Never Taken The Medication.

Self-absorption In All Its Forms Kills Empathy, Let Alone Compassion. When We Focus On Ourselves, Our World Contracts As Our Problems And Preoccupations Loom Large. But When We Focus On Others, Our World Expands. Our Own Problems Drift To The Periphery Of The Mind And So Seem Smaller, And We Increase Our Capacity For Connection - Or Compassionate Action.

Once Shoppers Become Empowered, We Will Facilitate Industries Thinking In Completely New Terms; For Example, Making Products That Are Totally Biodegradable.

Empathetic People Are Superb At Recognizing And Meeting The Needs Of Clients, Customers, Or Subordinates. They Seem Approachable, Wanting To Hear What People Have To Say. They Listen Carefully, Picking Up On What People Are Truly Concerned About, And Respond On The Mark.