tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post8938281779532167581..comments2023-11-05T04:28:29.961-08:00Comments on Adventures in Capitalism: Empathy is the most underrated startup virtueChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-91046872547942570592013-09-10T22:30:17.123-07:002013-09-10T22:30:17.123-07:00One of the most important books I've read is a...One of the most important books I've read is about parenting. Specifically it's about the brain science (or neurobiology) of things like empathy. <br /><br />Researcher John Medina offered descriptions like this: <br /><br /><i>When fighting, people tend to believe they are perfectly unbiased, informed, and objective, while simultaneously thinking their spouses are hopelessly prejudiced, clueless, and subjective. “Perceptual asymmetry” can lead to some nasty fights. Guess what? Other people can’t read our minds. Empathy reduces hostility. Here’s how: <br />1. Describe the emotional changes you think you see. <br />2. Make a guess as to where those emotional changes came from. </i><br /><br />He also added: <br /><br /><i>After decades of research burning through millions of dollars, scientists have uncovered this shocker of a fact: We are most likely to maintain deep, long-term relationships with people who are nice. Many ingredients go into creating socially smart children. <br />A big one is the ability to empathize with the needs of another person. Your child must cultivate the ability to peer inside the psychological interiors of someone else, accurately comprehend that person’s behavioral reward and punishment systems, and then respond with kindness and understanding. <b>This is empathy.</b></i> <br /><br />While his advice is couched in parenting children, it is applicable to all people (partners, employees, coworkers alike) because it is about success in a social setting, success as a group. <br /><br />I've found that kind of advice enormously valuable in my day-to-day work as well as parenting. It validates everything you're saying about "empathy" being an underrated skill within startups!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388867292567367593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-16834526577040341962013-09-10T22:27:59.351-07:002013-09-10T22:27:59.351-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388867292567367593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-4539867438282786902013-09-10T22:27:47.603-07:002013-09-10T22:27:47.603-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388867292567367593noreply@blogger.com