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Values

Our values define us

--UOB commercial
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A disclaimer

I am not advertising for the United Overseas Bank
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Requirements

  • Must be applicable in today's society
  • Be a value
  • Be an important value
  • Be a useful value

And the value is...

(entirely subjective)

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Sympathy vs Empathy

Empathy:
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
(taken from google)

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Sympathy: knowing others' hardship and providing comfort and assurance

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Not sympathy

Understanding is so much more than knowing
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Why Empathy?

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It helps to connect

 people relate to each other
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Builds trust

you trust people more when you know them better
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Less conflict

You are able to better accept others’ point of view
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Makes us kinder

We understand each other's experiences
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Makes people happier

you feel happy when someone cares for you
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A better world for all

the cycle of empathy: pass it on!
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Application

to our society
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Globalisation

what the modern society is aiming at

Understanding other cultures

The society is more harmonious
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Making decisions

Considering how it affects others

Communicating

understanding what each other is thinking about
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People's needs

You know what they need and want
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Business

Understanding the needs of your clients;get the deal!
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Volunteering

Don’t ask sensitive questions

Effective convincing for salesmen 101

‘Catering’ to customers’ needs to find the best item
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Better motivation

You can do it!
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Understanding the world

Looking through different perspectives
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Dealing with negativity

Why do others think that way
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
-A.A Milne

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Implementing

Learning empathy

Listen

Everyone has something to say, a good point to raise
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Perspective

Think from the other side
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Know your ‘enemies’

Why are they thinking like that?
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Watch. Wonder. Imagine.

People around you; their feelings.

Start young

Parents and Teachers play a huge part.

Start Now!

It’s never too late!
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Go Volunteering

Learn to care and feel for others more
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Hard to implement

But then, we can try!
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Be optimistic

There is a bright side to everything!
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Quotes

Are nice and posh-sounding sentences by famous people

A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.
-Daniel Goleman

Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.
-Neil Gaiman

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Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
-H. Jackson Brown

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And here’s someone who agrees with me...

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I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilisation.
-Roger Ebert

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Questions

Raise your points and practise empathy

Change starts with you

Be empathetic, start today!
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The End

Sorry for all the cringeworthy sentences...oops
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