Compassion

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Compassion


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While empathy refers more generally to our ability to take the perspective of and feel the emotions of another person, compassion is when those feelings and thoughts include the desire to help.

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/compassion/definition


Empathy is understanding how someone feels and trying to imagine how that might feel for you. Compassion takes empathy further. Compassion means feeling what that person is feeling, holding it, accepting it, and taking some kind of action. http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/compassion-is-an-action-not-an-emotion


Compassion increases our willingness to trust. If you are compassionate to your employee, he or she will be more loyal to you.

https://hbr.org/2015/05/why-compassion-is-a-better-managerial-tactic-than-toughness


When a person close to you makes a mistake, this is how you can respond with compassion: 1. Take a step back. Take time to cool off. 2. See the situation from the person’s perspective. 3. Forgive the person. That strengthens your relationship with the person and improves many other things. Source of inspiration https://hbr.org/2015/05/why-compassion-is-a-better-managerial-tactic-than-toughness


The simplest way to show students you care and have compassion for them is to tell them often and in different ways. Examples:  Praise students for what they do.  Ask students questions about their day.  Attend events that students are involved in. https://www.edutopia.org/article/compassion-classroom-management-tool


Compassion may protect against stress. One of the reasons is the very fact that compassion is so pleasurable.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/feeling-it/201306/compassion-our-first-instinct


Compassion may boost our well-being because it help shift the focus on ourselves to focus on others. Thereby, compassion can help reduce depression, as depression is related to self-focus. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/feeling-it/201306/compassion-our-first-instinct


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