Empathy is an essential ingredient to maintaining health in our primary relationships. At work, this relationship would most likely be with our immediate supervisors and direct reports.
Beyond what the experts and headlines say, we all know how powerful it is to feel understood and cared for when we are hurt.
In a world awash with instant gratification providing unlimited pleasure, distractions, and illusions of connections, we feel lonely and ill-equipped to deal with the everyday stressors of life. We seem less and less able to connect and feel other people in real life.
This article explores the sustainability of being human in an increasingly virtual and artificially oversaturated world.