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Leaders With Empathy Do More Than Sympathize With People Around Them: They Use Their Knowledge To Improve Their Companies In Subtle, But Important Ways.

Our Passions, When Well Exercised, Have Wisdom; They Guide Our Thinking, Our Values, Our Survival.

Emotional Self-control Is Not The Same As Overcontrol, The Stifling Of All Feeling And Spontaneity....when Such Emotional Suppression Is Chronic, It Can Impair Thinking, Hamper Intellectual Performance And Interfere With Smooth Social Interaction. By Contrast, Emotional Competence Implies We Have A Choice As To How We Express Our Feelings.

Motivation Aside, If People Get Better At These Life Skills, Everyone Benefits: The Brain Doesn't Distinguish Between Being A More Empathic Manager And A More Empathic Father.

As A Freshman In College, I Was Having A Lot Of Trouble Adjusting. I Took A Meditation Class To Handle Anxiety. It Really Helped. Then As A Grad Student At Harvard, I Was Awarded A Pre-doctoral Traveling Fellowship To India, Where My Focus Was On The Ancient Systems Of Psychology And Meditation Practices Of Asia.