When you have empathy with someone, they're more likely to be open because they feel that you're with them.

And you can't do anything to show to them. You're just empathetic and it just occurs.

Welcome to the art of accomplishment, where we explore how deepening connection with ourselves and others

leads to creating the life we want with enjoyment and ease.

My name is Brett Kistler. I'm an adventurer, entrepreneur, and a self-exploration enthusiast. I'm here with my

co-host, Joe Hudson. Joe is a business coach who spent decades working with some of the world's top

executives and teams, developing a unique model of human patterns that underpin how we operate with

ourselves,

each other, and the world. A good entry point into this model is a mindset called view,

vulnerability, impartiality, empathy, and wonder. Through understanding and cultivation,

we learn to easefully drop into the view state of mind, deepening self-awareness and increasing our connection with the world around us. To learn more about this podcast or courses, visit art of accomplishment.com.

When we imagine a professional environment, we often see a world where emotions are held inside

and remain

unseen by others, filtered out as distractions. We might focus on the business stuff, that is,

the logistics and agreements that seem more relevant than the feelings behind them. Even in our

personal lives, intense reactions from others can feel like a distraction from the connection

that we want. What if learning to be acutely aware of others' internal experiences can give us more

useful information than the words they speak?

How can our personal and professional relationships change as we learn to notice and address

the hurt behind an angry attack or the fear behind a hasty agreement?

This is the practice of empathy, the E in view.

Joe, how do you define empathy?

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