Compassion is a topic that Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn's...

Compassion is a topic that Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn's previous CEO, spent a fair amount of time talking to us about. He told this story to describe the term and contrast it with empathy:" "" "If you're hiking in the mountains, and you come across a man pinned by a massive boulder, the empathetic response is to feel that person's pain and suffering; but then you are pinned too! The compassionate response is to empathize with that pain but act to remove it; that is, to push the boulder off!" "" "That story always resonated with me, but I just stumbled across an exciting viewpoint from Glennon Doyle's book Untamed: Compassion requires imagination. " "" "This point is so salient since you need imagination to empathize, and you also need imagination to find what actions you can take to help resolve their struggle." "" "So when you're looking to be more compassionate, remember: imagine yourself in their shoes (empathize), and then imagine ways to help them (act) #bendevtip

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