Ah, that was a serious (but not solemn) cup of coffee from you this Sunday morning! Well differentiating between sympathy and empathy. Once thought to be a quality of women, the weak, the powerless, empathy is today being valued highly in the work world. Employees are quitting jobs because they do not experience empathy in their bosses. To be understood and empathized with is valued as much as money rewards. So now there are training programs to make HR heads and bosses sensitive and empathic to their personnel, something that comes naturally to a human being when they see someone in distress. What do you think?
I am reminded of one of my favourite books, Beware of Pity, of Stefan Zweig.
And here is a thought provoking comment from the book, mind you, it was written sometime in 1938.
There are two kinds of Pity. One the weak and sentimental kind, which is really no more than the heart ' s impatience to be rid as quickly as possible of the painful emotion aroused by the sight of another's unhappiness....and the other, the only kind that counts, the unsentimental but creative kind, which knows what it is about and is determined to hold out, in patience and forbearance , to the very limit of its strength and beyond.
Super Pras. As one grows old in life and / or moves up in a corporate life, EQ is more important than IQ. Empowerment and Empathy are fundamental for success in a professional career.
I relate to what Lakshmi Raman shared. There was a time (and still is) when emotions were labelled as a woman’s domain — and showing them, like crying at a movie, was seen as weakness.
Today, at least in schools and progressive corporates (less so in promoter-led setups), empathy is not just accepted, it’s expected.
For women, empathy has long been a double-edged sword: natural, yet undervalued. Now, it’s finally being recognised as a leadership strength, though it remains tough — because we often carry both our own emotions and those of others.
Very true. Women continue to be far more empathic than men. If one expects empathy from an organisation which is inanimate, she is expecting that to come from a colleague or her superior. That's where a disconnect could happen, at times.
Ah, that was a serious (but not solemn) cup of coffee from you this Sunday morning! Well differentiating between sympathy and empathy. Once thought to be a quality of women, the weak, the powerless, empathy is today being valued highly in the work world. Employees are quitting jobs because they do not experience empathy in their bosses. To be understood and empathized with is valued as much as money rewards. So now there are training programs to make HR heads and bosses sensitive and empathic to their personnel, something that comes naturally to a human being when they see someone in distress. What do you think?
Well said. But tutored empathy is shallow and can be condescending. Nevertheless some compassion is better than indifference.
Every time csk loses match in ipl a winnable ones i feel emphatic for Dhoni being let down
Haha..very apt
I am reminded of one of my favourite books, Beware of Pity, of Stefan Zweig.
And here is a thought provoking comment from the book, mind you, it was written sometime in 1938.
There are two kinds of Pity. One the weak and sentimental kind, which is really no more than the heart ' s impatience to be rid as quickly as possible of the painful emotion aroused by the sight of another's unhappiness....and the other, the only kind that counts, the unsentimental but creative kind, which knows what it is about and is determined to hold out, in patience and forbearance , to the very limit of its strength and beyond.
Thank you for sharing this very interesting aspect.
Super Pras. As one grows old in life and / or moves up in a corporate life, EQ is more important than IQ. Empowerment and Empathy are fundamental for success in a professional career.
I relate to what Lakshmi Raman shared. There was a time (and still is) when emotions were labelled as a woman’s domain — and showing them, like crying at a movie, was seen as weakness.
Today, at least in schools and progressive corporates (less so in promoter-led setups), empathy is not just accepted, it’s expected.
For women, empathy has long been a double-edged sword: natural, yet undervalued. Now, it’s finally being recognised as a leadership strength, though it remains tough — because we often carry both our own emotions and those of others.
Very true. Women continue to be far more empathic than men. If one expects empathy from an organisation which is inanimate, she is expecting that to come from a colleague or her superior. That's where a disconnect could happen, at times.