🧠Weekly Mind Sweep #86 | What’s On My Mind | Compassion
August 2023
Week 83: Curated Conversation; Compassion
Week 84: Mind Your Business; Compassion
Week 85: Manage Your Mind; Compassion
*Week 86: What’s On My Mind; Compassion
Week 87: Bonus Week; Compassion
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Let’s sweep the brain…
August has been a powerful month. [*1]
When we step out of judgment and into empathy, we realize there are different perspectives to consider when building relationships and deepening our human connection with others.
Our brains naturally judge situations in an effort to keep us safe.
Noticing is the beginning step of a deeper awareness of change and growth. When we shift to curiosity and consider different perspectives on any given situation, we can access empathy for ourselves and others.
In life and business, we can ask ourselves:
Is my self-talk kind and supportive?
How would a friend or family member speak to me at this time?
Do I need to be heard, helped, or hugged?
We can consider others:
Is this person being unkind because of something I’ve done, or is it possible there is something I don’t know about?
Can I pause, step into their shoes, and view this from their perspective?
Can I ask them how they can feel supported?
From there, we can access the power of the pause, breathe and discern if there is a place to take meaningful action to support ourselves or others.
That is where we step into compassion; the action of empathy.
Compassion has everything to do with business.
We have several new tools for ourselves and our business around compassion in our toolbox:
Three H’s (Heard Helped Hugged)
Awareness that being compassionate to others begins with compassion for ourselves.
Compassion has a ripple effect. When we show kindness to someone else, it physically shifts our bodies and causes a chain reaction. Compassion is contagious.
How you show up matters.
As entrepreneurs, we need to care for our minds and bodies to bring our best capacity to our clients. Healthy boundaries will keep us from burnout. Self- Care allows us better clarity in our offerings.
Understanding your ideal customer and helping them with your products and services from a place of empathy and compassion will build their trust in you and encourage them to return to your business.
Bringing the spotlight to compassion within our community and for myself has brought a new awareness of the difference between empathy and compassion and why it matters.
Why does empathy and compassion matter to you and your business?
This has become a new space for my digressions.
[*1 ] Can you BELIEVE I do not have any digressions this week!?!
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The Neuroscience of You. How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
by Chantel Prat
From University of Washington professor Chantel Prat comes The Neuroscience of You, a rollicking adventure into the human brain that reveals the surprising truth about neuroscience, shifting our focus from what’s average to an understanding of how every brain is different, exactly why our quirks are important, and what this means for each of us.
While other scientists focus on how “the” brain works “on average,” Prat argues that our obsession with commonalities has slowed our progress toward understanding the very things that make each of us unique and interesting. Her field-leading research, employing cutting-edge technology, reveals the truth: Complicated as it may be, no two brains are alike. This book invites the reader to understand themselves and others by zooming in so close that we all look gray and squishy.
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The Better With Books Podcast
Welcoming Whimsy Into Your Life & Brand - Featuring "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune
Time is precious when you're an entrepreneur. So whether you're working or enjoying leisure time, chances are whatever you're doing has a specific, practical purpose. But what do we lose in the process? Allowing ourselves moments of enchantment and pure joy. Our inspiration in this episode is a fantasy novel - "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune.
Join host Kate Hollis - conversion copywriter and part-time librarian - for an exploration of fiction as a way to gain actionable insight into business. Topics covered include:
-The perspective shift you get from hanging out with children
-What happens when you let yourself embrace the wonderfully weird
-Unconventional ideas for client gifting and content topics
-How to walk the line between whimsical and irreverent
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