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Kevin Dutton • The Wisdom of Psychopaths
BESIDES BEING BORN with plenty of oxytocin receptors, how can one attain a high degree of empathy? One answer, I believe, is to be depressed.
Nassir Ghaemi • A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
The power of kindness and generosity in professional success, challenging the stereotype that achievement requires ruthless ambition.
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I'm like a pipsqueak compared to him. He doesn't really get much out of it, but he was so willing, so interested, so kind, you know, met with me for a long time, was very honest about the struggles that he's had in his career, what he thinks he's good at, what he thinks he's not good at.
A level of humility coming from a person who is so successful
... See more“But the best me—that’s a little more important.”
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Spotting the Taker in a Giver’s Clothes If you’ve ever put your guard up when meeting a new colleague, it’s probably because you thought you picked up on the scent of self-serving motives.
Adam M. Grant Ph.D. • Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
giving, matchers grant that member a license to deviate from a group’s norms or expectations. As Berkeley sociologist Robb Willer summarizes, “Groups reward individual sacrifice.”
Adam M. Grant Ph.D. • Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
“Finding out what people feel about things that are happening today is extremely useful,” he says.
Debbie Millman • Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
Loving-Kindness and the Happiest Day in 7 Years In many of my public talks, I guide a very simple 10-second exercise. I tell the audience members to each identify two human beings in the room and just think, “I wish for this person to be happy, and I wish for that person to be happy.” That is it. I remind them to not do or say anything, just
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Alan Schoenfeld, a math professor at Berkeley,