A Prerequisite To Empathy Is

Ceos Are Hired For Their Intellect And Business Expertise - And Fired For A Lack Of Emotional Intelligence.

Iq And Technical Skills Are Important, But Emotional Intelligence Is The Sine Qua Non Of Leadership.

Making Choices That Improve Things For All Of Us On The Planet Is An Act Of Compassion, A Simple Act We Can Do Any Time We Go Shopping.

The Act Of Compassion Begins With Full Attention, Just As Rapport Does. You Have To Really See The Person. If You See The Person, Then Naturally, Empathy Arises. If You Tune Into The Other Person, You Feel With Them. If Empathy Arises, And If That Person Is In Dire Need, Then Empathic Concern Can Come. You Want To Help Them, And Then That Begins A Compassionate Act. So I'd Say That Compassion Begins With Attention.

The Industrial Processes In Use Today Were Developed At A Time When No One Had To Consider What The Environmental Impact Was. Who Cared? But Making Ecological Concerns Matter To A Company's Bottom Line Will Help It Do The Research And Development That Will Reinvent Everything We Buy.