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“Quite honestly, most of us don’t live in a world with perfect loam.”

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“...At that moment, our fates entwined, Roses. I know not why, but I know it to be true—I am bound to you forevermore. There is nothing to regret.”

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Book:Highlander Claimed

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“Low employee engagement is a symptom of a suboptimal workplace culture”

Leadership Empathy Structure Improving Non Fiction Full Potential Employees Social Contract Guidebook Evidence Based

Book:Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction

Source: Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction

“In a world spoiled by the obituary of attention and the dormancy of empathy, people are coming up short of authentic emotion. (“The upper lip must never tremble”)”

World Attention Empathy Spoiled Obituary Tremble Upper Lip Authentic Emotion Come Up Short Of Dormancy

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“To be with another in this [empathic] way means that for the time being, you lay aside your own views and values in order to enter another's world without prejudice. In some sense it means that you lay aside your self; this can only be done by persons who are secure enough in themselves that they know they will not get lost in what may turn out to be the strange or bizarre world of the other, and that they can comfortably return to their own world when they wish. Perhaps this description makes clear that being empathic is a complex, demanding, and strong - yet subtle and gentle - way of being.”

Book:A Way of Being

Source: A Way of Being

“We are what we are: a handful of dust, and although life remains a temporal enterprise, we recognize we have a mission. Through resilience and empathy, we can take a walk on the path of thought and wonder and brighten up the hazy remains of the day. (“A handful of dust”)”

Wonder Empathy Remains Resilience Thought Enterprise Mission Hazy Temporal Handful Of Dust

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“Focusing on and prioritizing civil discourse ensures that you don’t miss great opportunities to learn and grow with others.”

Identity Communication Empathy Experience Personal Growth Thought Connection Explore Challenging Societal Expectations

Book:I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World

Source: I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World

“A universal vision and a joint interest are steppingstones for full-blown empathy, and explicitly through empathy, we seize the pulsating assets of ‘sharing,’ sharing precious values with the others. (“Resilience”)”

Values Vision Empathy Universal Resilience Sharing Pulsating Steppingstone Joint Interest

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“Be me a little.”

Book:Let The Right One In

Source: Let The Right One In

“Nelson Mandela once said, 'If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.' He was so right. When you make the effort to speak someone else's language, even if it's just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, 'I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond me. I see you as a human being”

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Book:Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Source: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?”

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Book:To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird