by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2014
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Empathy - is it the ability to feel what someone else feels?
Or - is it the ability to understand what other people are feeling?
It seems to me Sympathy is the word for sharing feelings while Empathy is the word for understanding another person's feelings.
Does it make a difference? Yes - people may not share feelings yet be quite capable of understanding them. People may share feelings and do it so intensely they exacerbate the feelings - misery loves company. When misery enjoys company people don't accomplish constructive things. When company understands misery there is an opportunity for constructive, comfortable change.
by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2014
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Your brain reacts when you say things like, "I'm too busy." and "I don't have time." When your brain hears you say things like that it, subconsciously, begins to work to help you out. Your brain knows time is a thing it cannot control. Your brain knows your body is a thing it can control. So, your brain works to control your body by providing it chemical and electrical changes to help it deal with the stress you are telling it you are under by saying things like, "I'm too busy." and "I don't have time."
Self-stressing about time...now there's a destructive habit!
PS: Successful People Have More Time.
by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2014
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Habits have a special relationship with Time.
Here's some thoughts of introduction...
Many people complain about not having enough time. That complaint is a Bad-Habit symptom of a root cause - i.e., a root cause consisting of other Bad Habits. That I-don't-have-enough-time excuse is a puzzling way of justifying other problems...hence it is an 'excuse'. Time Management is a bugaboo that has the ability to generate Good Habits and Bad Habits.
Good Habits are linked to long-term Goals. [time is long]
Bad Habits are linked to short-term gratification. [time is short]
New Things are the stepping stones along the route between Bad Habits and Good Habits. [planned baby steps in time]
And, of course, regardless of how much time they think they have or think they do not have, People Only Do 3 Things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things.