Be human instead.

Empathy: The innate ability of a human to understand what the other is going through. To act accordingly.

Resistance makes empathy extremely difficult.

When we cast ourselves as the victim, we lose our ability to contribute. We lose our ability to connect.

We just want that thing that you are giving. What should we say so that you give that to us? That’s all we care about.

That job. That sale. That MBA admission seat.

Instead, what if we looked at ourselves as a human?

As someone who is offering a service. Whether that service is as a teacher or as a student, whether that service is as an recruiter or a new hire.

The industrial economy has trained us not to behave as humans, to show ourselves as robots instead. But if you are doing that, you would soon be replaced by the robots.

Be human instead.