The Surprising Power of Compassion with Dr. Chris Kukk

The Science of Success

Matt Bodnar

Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Business, Science, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In this episode of The Science of Success we dive into what it’s like to have breakfast with the Dalai Lama, the difference between compassion and empathy (and why it's important), and how you can harness compassion to achieve more and be a better version of yourself with Dr. Chris Kukk. Dr. Kukk is a former counter-intelligence agent, the founding Director of the Center for Compassion, Creativity, and Innovation, a professor of Political Science at Western Connecticut State University, and author of the upcoming book The Compassionate Achiever. In this episode you will learn:The physical and chemical differences between compassion and empathy (and why that matters)How compassion can help you achieve your goalsHow to avoid emotional quicksandHow compassion fuels creativityHow to cultivate emotional resilienceWhat we can do to widen our circle of compassionAnd much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:22.2	I'm your host Matt Bodner. I'm an entrepreneur and investor in
0:25.9	Nashville, Tennessee, and I'm obsessed with the mindset of success and the psychology of performance.
0:31.6	I've read hundreds of books, conducted countless hours of performance. I've read hundreds of books conducted countless hours of research
0:34.9	and study and I'm going to take you on a journey into the human mind and what makes peak performers
0:40.4	tick with a focus on always having our discussions rooted in psychological research and scientific
0:45.6	fact, not opinion. Today, you're going to learn what it's like to have breakfast with the Dalai Lama. the difference between compassion and empathy and why that's important,
0:56.7	and how you can harness compassion to achieve more and be a better version of yourself,
1:02.3	with our guest Chris Cook. As a heads up,
1:05.2	Chris was recording this during a snowstorm so his audio quality does drop a little bit
1:10.1	but the content is so good that I know you're still going to love it.
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1:49.2	Last week was the final episode of the Weapons of Influence series. We talked about what happens when you take
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