![]() As Vernice eloquently shares, there is no recipe for the right action. ![]() Our job is to dig deep to understand the values important to us and connect them with the needs of the moment. ![]() I also connected with my privilege that this is something that I don’t have to worry about. That was painful.” As a mother, I connected with the pain and burden of what it would be like to worry about your child, to prepare yourself for that moment you hear of their death. What would I do? I went through that for both of my children, like over and over and over and over again. They can be mouthy teenagers she said: “You don't have the luxury to be stupid and mouthy cause you could get killed.” She shared her experience of talking with other African American moms: “I haven't talked to any mothers who haven't had this experience of imagining people telling me that my child was just killed. Vernice shared about her fear for her two sons. Empathy is about feeling the pain of another person. Plan to learn something new.Ĭonnect to the emotional experience of another person. Choose to see them as heroes of their stories. While you can’t plan the conversation, plan to come away with a deeper appreciation of them as individuals who are trying their best. Stretch to make sense of how this person’s experiences have shaped their mindset. In this case, proactively choose to shift your mindset to finding the hero in the other person. In my book Wired for Disruption, one of the most important accelerators of our agility is the ability to listen deeply to see the world from another person’s perspective. We are close friends and both respect and care for each other. In my conversation with Vernice it was easy to find the hero in her. Be ready to listen and find the hero in the other person.
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