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Category: empathy

Being Labeled Difficult
March 3, 2021March 1, 2021

Being Labeled Difficult

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Often, we label people who are not team players “difficult.” Sometimes it’s definitely warranted-if they’re not fulfilling their job descriptions and/or pushing off their responsibilities to others.  But how often are we considering whether or not the problem isn’t the “difficult” person, but in our own requests? “Just a quick […]

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Uncomfortable Conversations
March 2, 2021March 1, 2021

Uncomfortable Conversations

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Conversations around things like racial justice, reproductive rights, feminism, or fat phobia might be uncomfortable for you. Often we silence ourselves and opt out of these conversations because of a lot of different reasons.  We might feel ignorant about the subject, or be wary of accidentally causing harm to someone. […]

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Hog-tied in a Classroom
March 1, 2021March 1, 2021

Hog-tied in a Classroom

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Even if you are factually right, you have to understand that most people hate to be told that they’re wrong. After all, no one enjoys being wrong – at best people look at being wrong as lessons to learn from, but I’m not sure anyone really enjoys it.  So how […]

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Weekends
February 28, 2021February 22, 2021

Weekends

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When I worked in retail, I never got the allure of weekends. After all, these were the most busy days of the week, and if I was looking for a break, it would usually be on a Monday or something.  I often work with global teams, meaning that my mornings […]

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Enrollment
February 25, 2021February 22, 2021

Enrollment

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Changing someone’s mind is incredibly difficult if they’re not already open to changing it.  We often try brute-force intellectual attacks with a barrage of facts, and when that doesn’t work, we start humiliating them when it is exposed that they’re not probably operating off of truth.  While giving people the […]

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February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

A Valentine’s Day Hate Crime

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Not sure if you’ve heard, but there’s an uptick in violence and harassment against Asian/Americans. It’s not surprising to me, given that my younger brother was assaulted walking home from school after 9/11 with shouts of “remember Pearl Harbor,” an entire generation of my family was shipped off to internment […]

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Agency
February 19, 2021February 18, 2021

Agency

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Sometimes it can feel like we don’t have any agency at work, especially if we’re not high up on the organizational chart. You might even be pushing upwards against your manager, trying to make things better but being thwarted at every turn.  But remember that you do have agency – […]

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First Impressions
February 16, 2021February 15, 2021

First Impressions

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When I was teaching career skills at a private art university, I would often show a photo of a man in a orange jumpsuit with tattoos on his face, and a photo of another man in a surgical ward wearing scrubs.  I’d ask which one of these two men they’d […]

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Partnerships
February 14, 2021February 10, 2021

Partnerships

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Human relationships are work. Even the best partnerships all require effort, whether that’s in life, friendship, love, or business. We’re conditioned to think that when we find the perfect partner or partners, everything will magically work out, but that’s isn’t really accurate. It is true that there will be people […]

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Barbarians at the Gate
February 11, 2021February 10, 2021

Barbarians at the Gate

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It’s straightforward, if not easy, to deal with barbarians outside the gate. External enemies are easy to deal with – after all, they’re not us. It is much more challenging, however, if the barbarians are inside of the gate, as now we’re vulnerable and don’t have a wall to protect […]

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