The Science of Empathy, with Stanford Professor Jamil Zaki

Afford Anything

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

#456: Stanford psychology professor Jamil Zaki shares his research and findings around the science of empathy – and how we can apply this to improving our relationships with colleagues, clients, customers, co-founders, and business and investing cohorts. Zaki is the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, and the author of “The War For Kindness.” We'll break down the science. We talk about why empathy matters in business, investments, and in career growth, and we’ll discuss its digital age dynamics. How does AI impact the way in which we relate to others? If you want to learn the science of emotional intelligence, and how to apply this to your career and business interactions, you’ll learn a lot from today’s episode. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode456 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, in the world of money and investing, it can be easy to be dogmatic to the point of tribal about your beliefs
0:07.4	Either you're part of the fire movement financial independence retire early
0:11.1	Either you're part of it or you hate it you hate it you hate it, right?
0:14.6	That's an actual quote famously stated by Susie Orman on this show and
0:19.3	Likewise, either you embrace
0:22.5	Credit cards as a route to getting airline rewards and travel hacking or
0:28.3	You follow the Dave Ramsey camp and believe that you shouldn't touch them because if you play with snakes
0:33.7	You might get bit people have very
0:37.0	Fervent beliefs about money and money is it an emotionally charged topic this can sometimes
0:43.1	So the seeds of discord or division and if this happens when we're arguing about personal finance philosophy
0:51.2	Imagine how much worse it gets in other arenas of life
0:55.2	To discuss this and to discuss how we can develop greater
0:59.6	Empathy for people who believe differently think differently
1:03.6	We've invited the director of the Stanford social neuroscience laboratory
1:09.6	Jamil Zaki to join us on today's show
1:13.0	Welcome to the afford anything podcast to show that understands that you can afford anything
1:17.6	But not everything every choice that you make carries a trade-off
1:21.5	So what matters most and how do you make decisions accordingly?
1:25.5	Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice. That's what this podcast is here to explore
1:30.7	My name is Paula Pat. I'm the host of the show and I am thrilled today to introduce to you
1:37.2	Stanford psychology professor Jamil Zaki
1:40.2	Who shares with us
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