Elon Musk said recently that America is suffering from “an epidemic of empathy.” He might be right–that empathy is something that you catch and can pass on to others–what a thought! Hearing this, I went back to a book a friend of mine, Professor Helen Riess, recently published, called “The Empathy Effect.” There’s lots to learn in employing … Continue reading Empathy
We Americans are very, very confused as to what success means–but then again, humans across the board have wondered what constitutes a full and fulfilling life. When Emerson wrote his poem on Success, he said near the end, “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,” is a good place to start. … Continue reading Success
We often think of the work of social justice as the actions we take out in the world. But there is also an inner dimension to social justice. This is why the executive director of the Gamaliel Foundation, a congregation-based community organization, once wrote in a memo to his senior staff, “We have erred in … Continue reading Our Inner Work of Social Justice
