Empathy is not a soft negative thing, it’s a strength!

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Empathy can
bring vulnerability,

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but it's also a strength.
It's a strong trait to have.

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You've got to be emotionally robust
to empathize with other people

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because you can be
experiencing their pain

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as well as the positive stuff.

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But when used and channeled
in the right way,

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the ability to empathize
can be a really powerful positive force.

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It's not just a soft
surrendering, a kind of thing

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which I think some people
who take a more hawkish

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or aggressive approach to things,
will dismiss empathy as

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a soft negative thing, that
you won't get what you want.

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But if you can really empathize and
use that as a skill and a tool

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you're more likely to get
what you need and want

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by being able to interact
and to understand the other

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and to change the whole situation
through that understanding.

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Yeah, that's something that
people shouldn't miss.

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They should value empathy
and use it in a way.