Daniel Goleman Quotes About Empathy

Quotes about: Empathy

• Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.

  Daniel Goleman

  Compassion, Our World, Self

  "Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships". Book by Daniel Goleman, September 19, 2006.

• Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple act of attention.

  Daniel Goleman

  Simple, Compassion, Empathy

• If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.

  Daniel Goleman

  Smart, Emotional, Self

  "The Weeping, the Window, the Way: Will Suffering Make You Bitter Or Better?". Book by John O. Dozier, 2010.

• Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.

  Daniel Goleman

  Skills, Empathy, Important

  Daniel Goleman (2011). “Working With Emotional Intelligence”, p.137, Bantam

• Empathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what people have to say. They listen carefully, picking up on what people are truly concerned about, and respond on the mark.

  Daniel Goleman

  People, Empathy, Needs

  Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee (2013). “Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence”, p.44, Harvard Business Review Press

• Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the other hand, are more self-confident and optimistic, adapt more easily, and handle stress better.

  Daniel Goleman

  Stress, Optimistic, Men

  Daniel Goleman (2011). “Working With Emotional Intelligence”, p.7, Bantam

• The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then naturally, empathy arises. If you tune into the other person, you feel with them. If empathy arises, and if that person is in dire need, then empathic concern can come. You want to help them, and then that begins a compassionate act. So I'd say that compassion begins with attention.

  Daniel Goleman

  Compassion, Empathy, Needs

• There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.

  Daniel Goleman

  Zero, Emotional, Empathy

• Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.

  Daniel Goleman

  Communication, Emotional, Empathy

  "Building a 'Muscular Empathy'" by Viral Mehta, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2012.

• Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

  Daniel Goleman

  Emotional, Skills, Empathy

  "Sociability: It's all in your mind". Interview with Sharon Jayson, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 24, 2006.

• A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.

  Daniel Goleman

  Pain, Empathy, Attention

• When we focus on others, our world expands.

  Daniel Goleman

  Our World, Focus, Empathy

  Daniel Goleman (2011). “Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships”, p.54, Random House

• Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle, but important ways.

  Daniel Goleman

  People, Empathy, Leader

  Daniel Goleman (2017). “What Makes a Leader? (Harvard Business Review Classics)”, p.23, Harvard Business Press

• Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity.

  Daniel Goleman

  Creativity, Intelligent, Track

• Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.

  Daniel Goleman

  Empathy, May, Gaps

• In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.

  Daniel Goleman

  Jobs, Skills, Discipline

  "They’ve Taken Emotional Intelligence Too Far" by Daniel Goleman, ideas.time.com. November 01, 2011.

• Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side’s demands—knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them.

  Daniel Goleman

  Mean, Knowing, Giving

  Daniel Goleman (2009). “Working with Emotional Intelligence”, p.140, A&C Black

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