The Empathy Paradox: Mastering Empathy for Others Begins With Knowing Yourself
November 15, 2012
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By Michael Zakaras
Tahoe is my place for self-reflection – where is yours? Michael is a writer and strategist who specializes in social entrepreneurship and public policy and works with ASHOKA. I recently returned from a week at Lake Tahoe, where I’ve spent a piece of every summer with my family since I was five years old. My uncle has a cabin on the lake, and it’s unlike any other house I know because I exist there not only in the present but also in the past. When I'm there, I feel the younger versions of myself accompanying me. On my first dive off the rock, they dive with me, filled with fear and joy and anticipation. I surface in the same bone-chilling water. My brother surfaces beside me. My parents look down from the deck, watching as always. The words permanence and continuity are abstractions. But there, at Tahoe, they come to life. Tahoe is where I slow down, where I don’t chase things but let them come to me, and where I’ve developed values and ways of being that I have brought back to the rest of my life. It’s where I learned to be fulfilled by living simply: there has never been a TV at the house, and there are no tight schedules or fixed plans. Each part of the day simply eases into the next. We swim and hike and canoe, but most of our hours are filled with communal cooking, leisurely family meals, reading, and storytelling. And there’s an abundance of open time: for listening, for watching, for reflection. I’ll often bring a book and sit between two.....read more
Enlightened Leadership – A New Way To Lead In The 21st Century
May 29, 2012
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By Shirley Moulton - Founder, The ACADEMi of Life, NYC
The current volatile, uncertain, chaotic and ambiguous (VUCA) world requires a new type of leader and a new type of employee. It requires enlightened beings. Enlightened beings are ones who are wise, compassionate and empathetic and can thrive in a constantly changing world. The ACADEMi of Life has a vision of Companies lead by Compassionate Empathetic Officers, with employees who are wise, compassionate and empathetic. These organizations will be “too GOOD to fail.” Our contribution to the vision is that we will introduce a new corporate experiential program aimed at increasing positivity and well-being at work. Why we will provide the Program We know that:  Individual happiness and organizational success are inextricably linked. After analyzing more than 450,000 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index (GHWBI), responses, two top scientists at Princeton University determined that happiness is actually the result of the fulfillment of two abstract psychological states -- emotional wellbeing and life evaluation. 73% of Americans describe themselves as not engaged or actively disengaged at work when questioned in a Gallup Poll about how happiness and well-being affect their job performance. A recent Harvard study shows that only 25% of a person’s job success is predicted based upon their general intelligence and technical skills The other 75% of a person’s job success is based on their emotional intelligence and well-being, demonstrated in traits.....read more
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