3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue # 57, 10th August 2021

“Tune yourself to different emotional frequencies”

“Empathy is a skill” Then habit, and at last quality of a decent person.

Imagine you get paid for getting emotions correct! Incentive vs Trait. Getting paid by being surrounded by good friends, great colleagues, better relationships. Worth it? We are not stuck at a particular empathy level all our lives. Certain environments make them atrophy and certain others nurture it. What can we do as parents and educators to support empathy in our children and students?

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Three Images of the Week

Two Thoughts of the Week

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

One Video of the Week

“Being a psychologist studying empathy today is a little bit like being a climatologist studying the polar ice caps,” says psychology professor Jamil Zaki. That’s because according to research, our collective empathy is eroding. But there is good news: Empathy is a skill, it can be built, and he explains how he — and others — are doing just that.

Jamil Zaki is an assistant professor of psychology at Stanford University. His research examines social cognition and behavior, especially how people understand and respond to each other’s emotions. This work spans a number of domains, social influence, prosocial behavior, and especially empathy (see ssnl.stanford.edu for details). In addition to studying the mechanics of empathy, Dr. Zaki’s work focuses on helping people empathize better. For instance, new research from his lab examines how to encourage empathy for people from distant political and ethnic groups, and also how caregivers and healthcare professionals can effectively empathize with their patients while maintaining their own well being.

Showcase of the Week

And Finally…

Dear reader,

I have been a research scientist, a journalist and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write.  With this weekly newsletter, I intend to share what I read, learn and, experience while I engage with students, parents and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions and, ed-tech organisations.

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