Re:Your most important skill: Empathy
by mathattack on Sunday January 19, 2014 @08:38PM
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Being an asshole works in the short term. Being empathatic works in the long term.
A CEO can screw his shareholders in the short term. A CEO that takes care of his shareholders does well in the long term.
You can stiff a restaurant and run out on the tab. Helps your pocketbook. But you can never come back.
In essence, being an asshole helps in one round prisoner's dilemma games. Life is about repeat games. Cooperation, and putting yourself in the other person's shoes, is what it's all about.
A CEO can screw his shareholders in the short term. A CEO that takes care of his shareholders does well in the long term.
You can stiff a restaurant and run out on the tab. Helps your pocketbook. But you can never come back.
In essence, being an asshole helps in one round prisoner's dilemma games. Life is about repeat games. Cooperation, and putting yourself in the other person's shoes, is what it's all about.