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Scaling Compassion: How to Re-humanize the World

If you get and go where people are most hurting and care about them when you're there, suffering they can't live with becomes pain they can
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Mark Goulston, M.D.

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I shared the above video in my presentation on listening in Moscow in October, 2017 to managers from the Russian Federation.

Although it was in English with Russian subtitles, after I showed it, I had the audience at hello and kept their attention for six hours.

Increasingly, I am presenting the Gladys Wilson and Naomi Feil video at most of my presentations with the simple question, “What do you think?”

I then follow with, “What would happen if we could spread this around the world?”

At a recent presentation someone yelled out, “It would heal everything that is wrong and re-humanize the world.”

What do YOU think?

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Author(s)

  • Mark Goulston, M.D.

    Author, speaker, podcast host, psychiatrist

    Dr. Mark Goulston is the inventor and developer of Surgical Empathy an approach that helps people to break their attachments to counterproductive modes of functioning and frees them to connect with more productive and healthier alternatives. He is the host of the “My Wakeup Call” podcast where he interviews people on the wakeup calls that changed who they are and made them better human beings and at being human and the host of the LinkedIn Live show, "No Strings Attached." He is a Founding Member of the Newsweek Expert Forum. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on deep listening, radical empathy and real influence with his book, “Just Listen,” becoming the top book on listening in the world, translated into twenty languages and a topic he speaks and teaches globally. He is an advisor, coach, mentor and confidante to CEO’s, founders and entrepreneurs helping them to unlock all their internal blocks to achieving success, fulfillment and happiness. Originally a UCLA professor of psychiatry and crisis psychiatrist for over 25 years, and former FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer, Dr. Goulston's expertise has been forged and proven in the crucible of real-life, high stakes situations including being a boots on the ground suicide prevention specialist and serving as an advisor in the OJ Simpson criminal trial. Including, “Just Listen,” he is the author or co-author of nine books with multiple best sellers. He writes or contributes to Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, Biz Journals, Fast Company, Huffington Post, Psychology Today and has appeared as an psychological expert in the media including: CNN, Headline News, msNBC, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, Psychology Today and was the subject of a PBS special. He lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California.