Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says empathy isn’t a soft skill — it’s actually ‘the hardest skill we learn’::Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked about the importance of empathy as a skill in the business world while accepting the Axel Springer Award in Berlin.
Idk empathy came a lot more naturally to me than fucking technical writing and calc. It’s just giving a shit, you were supposed to learn it by kindergarten
It’s hard if you’re a sociopath, which is a prereq to being CEO
Nah, successful sociopaths understand and perfectly emulate traits like empathy, often better than those who actually experience such traits.
I have a family member who almost certainly has antisocial personality disorder and your assessment is dead on.
A lot of people think they have empathy, but for many of them it’s very limited when it comes to other people who are not similar enough to the person themselves (or people close to them). E.g. people from a different background or socioeconomic class.
Empathy often ends wherever a person’s perceived “tribe” ends.