Tag: knowledge
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It’s Okay to Receive: Why Sharing Your Gifts Isn’t the Same as Giving Them Away
For years, many of us sit on our talents. We create, we heal, we guide, and we pour energy into helping others, often for free. Sometimes we feel guilty even thinking about asking for compensation. “I don’t want to seem greedy,” we say. Or, “People might not understand the value of what I do.” If…
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Real change is only possible through knowledge and compassion.
I recognize that real change is only possible through knowledge and compassion. Knowledge is important for compassion because it helps you better understand the experiences, struggles, and perspectives of others. Without knowledge, compassion can be shallow or misdirected, based on assumptions rather than reality. When you’re informed about different cultures, histories, and social issues, your…
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Your Thursday morning fix: The state of being is what matters, not the circumstances.
Emotional intelligence is a special quality that can be hard to find. In contrast to intelligence/knowledge, which is obtained from external sources, wisdom is gained from empathy and firsthand experience.