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How May We Mix Compassion With Confidence?
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I thought I’d share an insightful conversation I had with Michelle and Christina on the topic of compassionate confidence. The following transcript is the result of a Soul University office-hour session. I host open office-hour events every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern. Please join us — any time.
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Here we go!
Soul: Compassion and confidence. Those are two tricky traits. True? Oftentimes compassion and confidence may seem like an adversarial relationship. How might I come to say that?
Michelle: Sometimes my confidence seems not compassionate. I know it all, so I’m not maybe willing to listen. I might not have empathy if I appear to be overly confident.
Soul: And keeping in mind those are perspectives from others that you have no control over, true?
Christina: It’s interesting. I just texted one of my friends last night because her political leanings are very, what would be considered socialism, right? And everybody, loses their mind over that. I was texting her that I’m really shocked by the comments that I’m seeing and hearing…
