Hello. My name is Dr. Anna Pittman and I
have created the Human Potential Program for Professionals. This
video is about empathy. Empathy is a biological evolutionary
skill set that we have. It allows me to
know what you're feeling. Essentially, it lets me know
am I say once I know that I'm safe I
can tune in better to what you're feeling so that
I can connect and this is important. Empathy is
likable. I need to know how to feel you,
I need to know how to understand you.
Um I want to have a line into what I'm
feeling, but also a line out to what you're
going through. So we begin to look at mirror
neurons, how I reflect what's in front of me
and how someone picks up what's happening in me.
We look at neuro plasticity reticular activation which is
very interesting. Um Yes a funny story is that
this happened to me recently. I was I was
looking at a new car and it had a spoiler
on the back And I've been walking around for 58
years and I didn't even realize what a spoiler was
and suddenly I realized all these cars have spoilers.
So whatever is on in our vision we look for.
So if I am looking for something to be
wrong, that's what I'm going to see if I'm
looking for something to be right, that's what I'm
going to see. So how do I how do
I use that as a motivational skill and how do
I use that as a way of showing up in
the workplace to influence others as well. We also
look at the three interests me, the team,
the organization. How do I extend my empathy in
three directions? So I stay connected to all three.
I want to be receptive. With empathy, I
want to be non defensive. I also want to
be curious and intelligent. So empathy allows me to
connect to myself to connect with you and with the
right skills stay open. So this is yet another
one of the eight domains that we spend time looking
at in the whole program. I hope you take
time to look at the rest of the remaining videos
and see how they can come together for your team
and your workplace. Thank you so much for listening.
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