The Importance of Eye Contact

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We are touched when we feel heard. We want to be known by other people. And that's why empathy is our superpower. Like staring into a total stranger's eyes in a facilitated exercise for two minutes lights that up within us. That's just so fascinating. Mm hmm. Well, I guess now I got to ask about eye contact in general. When I'm talking with someone, I imagine it would be more empathic to have more eye contact. Is there too much? And how do you think about it? Sure, especially depending on the cultural context that you're in.

Anita Nowak shows how you can nurture powerful, genuine connections through purposeful empathy.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What NOT to do when you’re trying to connect

2) The trick to improving your active listening

3) How to get into the empathic mood

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— ABOUT ANITA —

Anita Nowak, PhD, is an empathy expert, speaker, podcaster, award-winning educator, certified coach, and founder of Purposeful Empathy by Design, a boutique global advisory firm that helps purpose-driven organizations create cultures of empathy and social impact. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of changemakers, she teaches leadership, ethics in management, and social entrepreneurship and innovation at McGill University. Anita lives in Montreal with her husband and daughter.

• Book: Purposeful Empathy: Tapping Our Hidden Superpower for Personal, Organizational, and Social Change

• LinkedIn: Anita Nowak

• YouTube: @anitanowak2977

• Website: AnitaNowak.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution by Marianne Williamson

• Book: Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brene Brown

• Book: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

• Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss

• Tool: The Personal Values Assessment

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