Ingredients Of Empathy
What follows is an excerpt from my book, The Art Of Winning Commitment.
Empathy has two ingredients. The first is the experience of stepping into someone else’s emotional world without getting lost in it. A useful metaphor is watching a movie in which we are able to enter the emotional world of the characters on the screen while remaining firmly in our own seats. For example, we, the audience watching Gone With The Wind, know exactly how Scarlett O’Hara feels when she cries, “As God is my witness, as God is my witness, they’re not going to lick me! I’m going to live through this, and when it’s all over, I’ll never be hungry again – no, nor any of my folks! If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill! As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.” We sense both her despair and her resolve.
Favorite Blog Posts For December ‘09
These blog posts caught my attention in December. Enjoy!
Time to Acknowledge your Gold Star moments!
from Hitting Send by Antonia Hall
Retail Business: We are really busy!
from Rothacker Reviews by Dave Rothacker
You are Amazing Even if Today You Are Off Course
from Management Craft by Lisa Haneberg
Growing Up
from Soul Meets World by Alexys Fairfield
If You Want to Get People to Love What You Do …
from Liz Strauss at Successful Blog by Liz Strauss
Vineyard Montage
from Plant Whatever Brings You Joy by Kathryn Hall
7 Most Popular Posts for 2009
Happy New Year!
I want to end the year with a list of the 7 most popular posts at Riding On Dragons during 2009. I judge them “most popular” not because they were the most visited, but because they moved people to respond either in a comment or to me by email. In no particular order, here they are:
How Human Organizations Become Inhuman
52 Years To Write A Book (And Notes Of Thanks)
Top Travel Photos Of 2009
All year long, at MSNBC, people have been voting for their favorite travel photos sent in by readers. The top 50 photos make a pretty amazing collection. I’d like to give you a sample or two here, but MSNBC requires permissions be granted and I would rather not get into that process, so go HERE to have a look. Well worth it.
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The Best New Altered Words
In the Washington Post’s annual Mensa Invitational, readers are invited to alter any word from the dictionary and create a new definition. These are this year’s winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
How Kenji Found His Genius
I often get email or other communication from people who want to thank me for helping them discover their genius in my book Is Your Genius At Work? Kenji Crosland went far beyond thanks in a blog post in which he not only reviewed the book but also described his six-month-long journey to find his genius. Even if you aren’t interested in the book, Kenji’s post is worth a read to share his enthusiasm, joy, and terrific writing.
You will find Kenji’s post HERE.
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Favorite Blog Posts For November 09
November gone! What with the holiday and a trip to visit my sister and brother-in-law in Philadelphia, I wasn’t paying as close attention to the blogoshpere last month as I usually do. I’m sure some great posts escaped my scan of my Google Reader. Still, these caught my eye and moved me in some way:
Gently Progress to Success
from Hitting Send by Antonia Hall
In Praise of Dirt
from Here We Are. Now What? by Terrence Seamon
Ask – I Dare You!
from Spirit In Gear by Debbie Call
