How Do You Teach Empathy?

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JULY 30, 2005

I like Marshall Rosenberg’s definition of empathy for its simplicity and clarity. He says, “Empathy is the respectful understanding of another person’s experience.”

We also distinguish between “empathy”, which focuses our attention and presence on

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What if there’s no such thing as a perfect strategy? by Jim Manske, CNVC Trainer

What if there’s no such thing as a perfect strategy? (Strategies are behaviors intended to contribute to fulfilling a universal human need.)

What that means to me is that no matter which strategic choice I make, some needs will be … Read the rest “What if there’s no such thing as a perfect strategy? by Jim Manske, CNVC Trainer”