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That New Year’s Resolution

Gil Pizano — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:27:37 +0000

A new year has begun and a countless list of New Year’s resolutions have been made by many. A large number of those resolutions won’t last the month! OK, I admit I tend to be optimistic about people (because many will tell me that most New Year’s resolutions don’t last the first week). Resolutions are great decisions that people usually commit to in order to change their life or the life of someone else for the better. So why do so many “forget” or “lose track of” whatever it is they said they were going to do? I’m sure you’ve never been one of those people. Admit it. We’re all guilty of not committing to the resolutions we’ve supposedly committed to. But why is that? It’s simple…a sincere passion for it is missing. It’s so much easier to commit to a change that can help you follow your passion…whatever that passion may be.

Principle: Follow Your Heart

I’m sure this is not the first time you’re seeing the above phrase. If it is, then I’m glad it’s being introduced to you here. If you have seen it before, I hope you understand what it means. Early in my career, I thought I understood what it meant, but I discovered that I didn’t really. At first I always focused my education on helping me get the job that would make me the most money. When I started along that track, I discovered that even though I was beginning to make some serious bucks, I wasn’t feeling fulfilled. If I kept on that track, I knew I would end up in a place I didn’t want to be at in the future. So, I decided to go into another type of field where I felt I made more of a difference. That helped me to feel better about what I was doing. That feeling that one gets when they are following their heart is a personal feeling that only you can know how it feels when you’re on the right path for yourself

How do you know you’ve found your passion? Find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again. Connecting your New Year’s resolution to something you’re passionate about will help in achieving your goal.

Principle: Do Not Fool Yourself!

By fooling yourself, I’m talking about making yourself believe something in order to avoid something you know you need to do. This principle for helping to stick to the commitments you made to yourself is a short and simple, yet powerful one. It’s a principle that all of us at one point or another have used to rationalize ourselves out of doing something we needed to do (e.g. I can have one more ice cream ‘cause I’ve had a very stressful week).

If you want to succeed in what you’ve committed yourself to do, be honest with yourself. Don’t fool yourself into not following your passion. Earlier in this post I briefly described how I was not on a path in my career where I would be personally fulfilled. I was originally fooling myself into allowing money be the focus of my occupation. Had I not realized that I was fooling myself, I would still be doing something that I didn’t want to do and thus, would still feel as though I was missing something in my life.

Principle: Baby Steps

Ah! Here is the old adage about taking baby steps. If one of your goals is to read more books rather than watching TV or surfing the internet, why not start by reading no more than 15 minutes in the morning or at night before going to bed? There was a time not so long ago when reading for fifteen minutes felt to me like three days…in fifteen minutes. Oh it was brutal for me! I was reading so slow it would take me 15 minutes to read one or two pages of a paperback. No fooling…I was bad! I did manage to overcome this by taking baby steps. First I made it a point to read one page and then stop for a minute and then read the next page. I’d read the second page and then stop for a minute before I continued. This allowed me to not get as bored with reading as I would’ve had I read straight thru at first. Over the next few weeks I began to notice that I was reading faster and not getting as bored reading as I was when I first started. In time I was reading two, then three and four pages a minute. Today, I find reading fun and cannot imagine myself finishing the day without reading.

Do You Know Someone…?

Do you know of anyone who has a passion for something? If you believe you do know someone like that, observe them. Do they appear to have more enthusiasm, energy, and excitement than others? Do you find that they often appear to be creative in what they are passionate about? They appear to come up with really unique and yet simple ideas?

Do you know someone who succeeded at losing the weight they wanted to lose? Ask them how they did it? Did they quit eating everything that was bad for them and going to the gym six to seven days a week or did they take baby steps to reduce or change the types of foods they were eating?

Do you know of someone who succeeded in whatever they chose to commit to last year? Look back on how they did it? Did they use some of the above aspects to succeed at what they chose to commit to?

What are some ways that you believe will help you succeed at achieving your goals for the new year?

52 Powerful Quotes on Leadership, Action and Motivation

Gil Pizano — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:46:24 +0000

Why do we like quotes so much? A good reason for many of us is that you don’t have to read a book to get to the point. Quotes can be very short, straight to the point and thought provoking. Sometimes, there’s just so much wisdom and life experiences in one short sentence that you can almost sense and understand what the author has gone through to reach the point they are attempting to make! Here are some quotes that have thought provoking to me in my own leadership journey. Do you recognize any of these?

“I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.” —Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
“A leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless … someone’s got to make a wakeup call.” —Warren Bennis
“Although some people think that life is a battle, it is actually a game of giving and receiving.” —Florence Scovel Shinn
“A boss creates fear, a leader, confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.” —Russell H. Ewing, Author
“A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.” —Lister Sinclair, Playwright/Broadcaster
“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.” —Toni Morrison, Author
“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.” —Warren Bennis
“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually, and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.” —Rita Mae Brown, Mystery Author
“A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.” —Henry B. Adams, American Historian
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear” —Ambrose Redmoon, American Philosopher
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.” —William Ellery Channing, Psychologist
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” —Peter Drucker
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.” —Jim Rohn, Author/Motivator
“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Everyone lives by selling something.” —Robert Louis Stevenson
“I have more fun, and enjoy more financial success, when I stop trying to get what I want and start helping other people get what they want.” —Spencer Johnson, Business Author
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.” —George Bernard Shaw
“I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?” —Benjamin Disraeli
“If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near” —Jack Welch
“If you don’t think about the future, you won’t have one.” —Henry Ford
“Most people succeed because they are determined to. People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit.” —George Allen, Football Coach
“It takes a tremendous act of courage to admit to yourself that you are not defective in any way whatsoever.” —Cheri Huber, Author/Zen Philosopher
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” —William James
“It’s so hard when contemplated in advance and so easy when you do it.” —Robert Pirsig, Philosopher/Author
“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” —Tom Peters
“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.” —Bernard Baruch
“Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.” —George Washington Carver
“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” —Helen Keller
“Nothing great was ever created without enthusiasm.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.” —Dennis A. Peer, Management Consultant
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” —John Quincy Adams
“Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.” —Thomas J. Watson, Former CEO, IBM
“People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those people who sit still and inquire, why wasn’t it done the other way?” —Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Question: How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Answer: Four; calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I’ll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.” —Lawrence D. Bell, Founder, Bell Aircraft
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” —St. Francis
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“The best way out is always through.” —Robert Frost
“The first law of success is concentration, to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right, nor to the left.” —William Matthews, Journalist
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.” —Max DePree, Business Consultant/Author
“The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. Then you develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.” —Elaine Agather, CEO, JPMorgan Bank
“The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.” —Robert J. McKain, Management Consultant
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” —Peter Drucker
“The first duty of a leader is optimism. How does your subordinate feel after meeting with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.” —Field Marshal Montgomery
“Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.” —James F. Bymes, Secretary of State
“What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When I’m getting ready to persuade a person, I spend one-third of the time thinking about myself, what I’m going to say, and two-thirds of the time thinking about him and what he is going to say.” —Abraham Lincoln
”Always think of what you have to do as easy and it will be.” —Emile Coue, Psychologist
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily.” –Zig Ziglar

Hope you enjoyed reading some of these quotes! If so, and you’d like to comment, please do so. If not, then let us know and why!

What are some of your favorite leadership, action and motivation quotes?

Wise Words – 106 Maxims

Gil Pizano — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:22:51 +0000

The Scottish writer and historian Thomas Carlyle once said, “Every man I meet is my superior in that I may learn from him.” This has always been a thought-provoking quote for me because every day I make it a point to keep an open mind and to learn as much as I can. Having been in so many roles and leadership positions throughout my life, I can’t help but be amazed at how much I’ve yet to learn and how much I’m still learning every single day. Do you ever find times when you realize you have a lot to learn?

Here are some maxims, messages and quotes that I’ve heard over the years that have helped me to grow as a leader, as a friend and as a person. They are not my sayings but words that I’ve come to appreciate and take to heart. Many of them are by that infamous author known only by the name “anonymous”. These have helped me to better understand and enjoy life, as well as enjoy the company of others more fully. My hope here is that you find some of these helpful to you:

Never complain about what you permit.
A miracle can happen as quickly as a tragedy can.
A person’s rewards in life are determined by the kinds of problems that person is willing to solve for others.
A person’s success is greatly determined by what they are willing to ignore.
A tired mind is very rarely able to make good decisions.
A person’s chosen focus is the world they have chosen for themselves.
A wise man’s question contains half the answer. – Solomon Ibn Gabirol
An uncommon dream always requires uncommon patience.
Anger is simply passion requiring an appropriate focus.
Anything permitted increases.
A person’s belief system is often chosen for comfort or for change.
Anything that keeps your attention has become your master.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. –Frank Tyger
Changes in a person’s life will always be proportionate to a person’s knowledge.
A person is never promoted until they become overqualified for their present assignment.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. – James Allen
Conduct permitted is conduct taught.
Creativity is the search for options; Focus is the elimination of them.
A person will best remember something that they teach.
Debt is emptying your future to fill up your presence.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. – George Edward Woodberry
Distrust often destroys passion.
Every environment requires a code of conduct for entering or remaining in it.
Every miracle often begins with a conversation.
Every person falls, the great persons get back up.
A person’s future is often decided by what that person is willing to change.
Failure is not an event but merely an opinion.
Flattery is speaking good words for the wrong reason.
Giving is the only proof you have conquered greed.
Go to places where you are celebrated rather than to places where you are tolerated.
Greatness is not the absence of a flaw it’s the willingness to overcome it.
Information births confidence.
It’s always better to be prepared without an opportunity, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Jealousy is believing that someone else received what you deserved.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. — Helen Keller
Loss is often the first step towards change.
Memory is more enslaving than any injustice.
A person’s respect for time is often a prediction of that person’s financial future.
Mentors are truly important. Mentorship creates success without the waiting.
Money does not change you; it only magnifies what you already are.
Money is simply a reward for solving problems.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
A person’s reaction to greatness reveals their humility.
Never complain about what is happening to you in the present if you are unwilling to walk towards your goals in the future.
Never discuss your problem with someone incapable of solving it.
Never give more time to a critic than you would give to a friend.
No one is ever as they first appear.
Nothing would ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. – Samuel Johnson
One of the quickest cures for ingratitude is loss.
One should never gaze at something that does not belong in their future.
Only a fool negotiates with a giver.
Our unwillingness to trust to right person will create more losses than the mistake of trusting the wrong person.
People do not drown by falling in the water, they drown by staying there.
People don’t always remember what you say; they always remember how they felt when you said it.
Procrastination is the thief of time. – E. Young
Silence cannot be misquoted.
Someone is not old until their regrets take the place of their dreams.
Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life.
Stop looking to where you’ve been and start looking towards where you can be.
Struggle is the proof that you have not been conquered.
Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally.
The clearer a person’s goals, the greater their faith in achieving those goals.
The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give. – Walt Whitman
The kindest word is an unkind word unsaid.
The magnetism of one’s kindness will always outlast the memory of one’s genius.
The most dangerous person in one’s life is the person who feeds one’s doubts.
The only reason a person fails is broken focus.
The pain of one’s past will often decide one’s passion for the future.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist… adjusts the sails. – William Arthur Ward
The problem a person solves determines the rewards they receive.
The problem closest to you is usually the door out of trouble.
The proof of mediocrity is the resentment of excellence.
The proof of respect is the investment of time.
The right thing at the wrong time becomes the wrong thing.
The road to someday leads to the town of nowhere –Tony Robbins.
The secret of a person’s future is always hidden in their daily routine.
The secret to knowing a person is to know that person’s memories.
The unthankful are often the same people who are always unhappy.
The way a person reacts, reveals their character.
The wise never discuss what they want others to forget.
There are two ways to increase wisdom: By making mistakes and by listening to mentors.
Time will always expose what interrogation will not.
We always have something in our hands that can create anything we want in the future.
We become what we think about – Earl Nightingale (from The Strangest Secret in the World)
What a person can tolerate, a person cannot change.
What a person does is what a person believes.
What a person respects, they often attract.
What one repeatedly hears, one eventually believes.
What you are able to walk away from you have mastered; what you are not able to walk away from has mastered you.
What you are will always outlast what people say you are.
What you do daily will determine what you become permanently.
What you focus on with your thoughts and feelings is often what you attract into your life.
What you say is not as important as what others remember.
When speaking with people, those who ask the questions determine the quality of the conversation.
When wrong people leave your life, wrong things stop happening.
When you want something you’ve never done, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
When your heart decides a destination, your mind will design the map to reach it.
Where a person is matters as much as what a person is.
Where you are determines who sees you.
Winners are basically ex-losers who got mad.
You will only be remembered in life for two things: The problems you solve or the ones you create.
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Your focus decides your feelings.
Your future is decided by who you choose to believe.
Your self-portrait determines your self-conduct.
Your significance in life is not in how similar you are to someone else; it’s in how different you are.

What are some sayings or quotes that have helped you in your life?

Sleep…Is It Really All that It’s Cracked Up To Be?

Gil Pizano — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:48:42 +0000

Sleep. Now there’s a word that many people working today wish they had more of. If you’re one such person who wishes they had more time to sleep (I’m raising my hand here too), then know that you’re part of a growing group that believes they just have to deal with not getting enough sleep. With the ever increasing complexity of people’s lives over the last few decades, it may appear that we are just doomed to putting up with feeling a little tired all the time. But how true is that? Do we really have to deal with not getting the amount of sleep that we need? Can we really learn to function on less sleep than we may actually need? How much sleep is enough? Is how sleepy we feel a good judge of whether or not we are getting enough sleep?

You Can’t Handle the Truth! (Jack Nicolson as Col. Jessup in “A Few Good Men”)

How do we know if we are getting the minimum amount of sleep in order to function? According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the following are signs that you are definitely not getting enough sleep:

You have a hard time paying attention during meetings.
You feel tired and lack energy during the day.
You are unmotivated and have trouble “getting going.”
You need to use an alarm clock to wake up on time in the morning.
You are irritable, grumpy or lose your temper easily.
You start to doze off when you are driving a car. (DANGEROUS!!!)

A poll conducted in 2005 by the National Sleep Foundation showed Americans averaged about 6.9 hours of sleep per night. This represents a drop of about two hours per night since the 19th century, one hour per night over the past 50 years, roughly 15 to 25 minutes per night since 2001. In another study done at the University of Pennsylvania, investigators found that subjects who slept four to six hours a night for fourteen consecutive nights showed significant deficits in cognitive performance equivalent to going without sleep for up to three days in a row.

How would you like to go to work (or lead a group, or attend a business and/or social function for that matter) on the equivalent of not having gone to sleep for two or three days!?!

So What Can We Do?

The world we live in is an exciting and wonderful place to be. The means of communication, travel, the sharing of ideas and images has never been as easy and readily available as it is today. Because of this, it’s also a very fast and complex world that demands more and more of our time and energy. In order to function well we all need to rest well.

Sleep hygiene is defined as “the controlling of all behavioral and environmental factors that precede sleep and may interfere with sleep.” It’s the practice of following guidelines in an attempt to ensure more restful, effective sleep which can promote daytime alertness and help treat or avoid certain kinds of sleep disorders. Trouble sleeping and daytime sleepiness can be indications of poor sleep hygiene (Wikipedia).

Below are some excellent tips (provided by AASM) for getting a better night’s rest:

Don’t go to bed unless you are sleepy.
If you are not sleepy at bedtime, then do something else. Read a book, listen to soft music or browse through a magazine. Find something relaxing, but not stimulating, to take your mind off of worries about sleep. This will relax your body and distract your mind.
If you are not asleep after 20 minutes, then get out of the bed.
Find something else to do that will make you feel relaxed. If you can, do this in another room. Your bedroom should be where you go to sleep. It is not a place to go when you are bored. Once you feel sleepy again, go back to bed.
Begin rituals that help you relax each night before bed.
This can include such things as a warm bath, light snack or a few minutes of reading.
Get up at the same time every morning.
Do this even on weekends and holidays.
Get a full night’s sleep on a regular basis.
Get enough sleep so that you feel well-rested nearly every day.
Avoid taking naps if you can.
If you must take a nap, try to keep it short (less than one hour). Never take a nap after 3 p.m.
Keep a regular schedule.
Regular times for meals, medications, chores, and other activities help keep the inner body clock running smoothly.
Don’t read, write, eat, watch TV, talk on the phone, or play cards in bed.
Do not have any caffeine after lunch.
Do not have a beer, a glass of wine, or any other alcohol within six hours of your bedtime.
Do not have a cigarette or any other source of nicotine before bedtime.
Do not go to bed hungry, but don’t eat a big meal near bedtime either.
Avoid any tough exercise within six hours of your bedtime.
You should exercise on a regular basis, but do it earlier in the day. (Talk to your doctor before you begin an exercise program.)
Avoid sleeping pills, or use them cautiously.
Most doctors do not prescribe sleeping pills for periods of more than three weeks. Do not drink alcohol while taking sleeping pills.
Try to get rid of or deal with things that make you worry.
If you are unable to do this, then find a time during the day to get all of your worries out of your system. Your bed is a place to rest, not a place to worry.
Make your bedroom quiet, dark, and a little bit cool.
An easy way to remember this: it should remind you of a cave. While this may not sound romantic, it seems to work for bats. Bats are champion sleepers. They get about 16 hours of sleep each day. Maybe it’s because they sleep in dark, cool caves.

Have you ever gone through a day wishing that you had gotten more sleep?

What are some ways you relax at the end of the day (let’s keep it clean here. This is a family friendly blog )?

What are your thoughts on how much sleep we are or aren’t getting today?

25 Great Articles on How to be Empathetic

Gil Pizano — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:28 +0000

Empathy enables a person to establish a connection with others and is necessary for mutual interaction and full comprehension of the experience. It is probably one of the most important aspects of being a leader in every situation. Without it, a person is virtually guaranteed to become out of touch with the environment, he or she is in. Without empathy, a leader cannot lead. Without empathy, a person cannot be in any type of mutually beneficial relationship. Without empathy, a person is basically asking to be completely alone in life.

Have you ever wished to be more empathetic in order to become a better leader? In order to have a better relationship with a friend, loved one or colleague?

There are many great and free resources about empathy available. Here are some great articles, posts and videos that talk about empathy and it’s importance in leadership, parenting and relationships:

5 Tips for Empathetic Listening — Really a quick read from Stepcase Lifehack on the five simple steps one can use to be more empathetic.
Are You Empathetic or Sympathetic? — A brief post by Robbie Miller Kaplan (author of the book “How to Say It When You Don’t Know What to Say”) on how he words sympathy and empathy are often thought to be the same, and yet they are distinct expressions.
Avoiding the Five Pitfalls to Becoming an Empathetic Listener — A very concise article about why more people are not better empathetic listeners.
Being a Good Manager/Mom: Be Empathetic — Quick post from Sarah Rottenberg who describes it well by saying that a recent post got her “thinking about what I think it takes to be a good manager. And I think it’s simple: be empathetic.”
Empathetic Voice Improves Doctor-Patient Communication — Doctors who use an empathetic voice with patients can elicit more information about their health problems and encourage them to stick to their treatment regime, a Monash researcher has found.
Empathetic Understanding and School Leadership Preparation — a paper written by Diane Ketelle and R. Pete Mesa, Mills College. Successful leaders seem to share one thing in common – empathy. The authors posit that empathic understanding is foundational to leadership.
Empathy and Showing Empathy — Interesting article descibing the importance of empathy in leadership positions.
Empathy is in Our Genes — a quick read from the Thaindian News website citing a few research studies on the topic.
Empathetic Customer Service — a short article on how empathy played such an important role in the lasting of one of America’s successful companies of it’s day.
Exercise in Creative Classroom Management — How to Become a More Empathetic Teacher – The title speaks for itself.
Gandhi’s Neurons: The Practice of Empathy – Article by Bruna Martinuzzi on
How to be an Empathetic Listener – article on steps for being a better listener with empathy.
How Empathetic are You? — Interesting article with a link to a test where one can determine their Empathy Quotient.
How to Practice More Empathy in Your Business Management — Sometimes it’s hard to be a business manager, especially when you are in difficult situations with your employees. One of the important things that you need to exercise in these difficult situations is empathy.
How to Teach Your Kids to be Empathetic – A story post from the website “Effective Parenting” that gives a good example of the results of teaching empathy to a child.
Make Empathetic Listening your Super Power — a very good article on being empathetic.
Mirror Neurons – Video of discussing a recently discovered system in the brain that may help explain why we humans can get so worked up watching other people.
Principles of Empathic Communication — From Leadership University, an itemized summary of “Habit 5 — Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood” from Stephen Covey’s “THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE”.
Resilience: Compassion and Empathy — The quality of your relationships, and not the quantity of them, is what matters for you in terms of your emotional resilience. One of the attributes that differentiates people with higher quality relationships from people with lower quality relationships is their ability to be compassionate and empathetic.
The Art of Empathetic Listening — an article by Gian Fiero, an educator, speaker and consultant who specializes in business development, career planning, and personal growth issues.
The Benefits of Empathic Listening – an article with some good guidelines for understanding and being a empathic listener.
The Caring Child: How to Teach Empathy – Good article of giving a child a head start in having the ability to be empathetic.
Three Steps to Empathetic Listening — Oftentimes, people are too busy, they don’t make the effort, or they simply don’t know how to listen empathetically to others. And it is because of this that people have difficulty getting in touch with their feelings and they harbor negative emotions about others.
What’s Empathy Got to Do With It? — a very good article by describing empathy in detail along with ten leadership tips on being more empathetic.
What is Empathy? How to be Empathetic – Very short and concise article by Gwendolyn Cuizon on empathy.

If you know of other good articles on the subject of empathy that you believe someone else needs to read or know about, share it with us in the comments below!

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