Why do we need to talk about #empathy when there are so many problems to solve in #cybersecurity? 👉 If you've seen me champion empathy around here (and other corners of the web), it's because it plugs into 3 of our essential human needs:
💜 CONNECTION: we all need an emotional bond with someone who pays attention to us and cares about us to maintain our mental (and physical) health. We also need to be part of a community to develop and thrive. Empathy provides that.
💜 VALIDATION: to see someone else recognize our emotions and experiences as valid (and valuable) is essential to feel accepted and seen and/or heard. Knowing we're not the only ones to experience confusion, fear, doubt, and many other perfectly human emotions helps us understand, process, and overcome these blockers.
💜 SAFETY: empathy helps us feel safe enough to persevere in spite of our perceived misgivings. It provides an emotional safety net that gives us the courage to experiment, to trust (ourselves and others), to hope, and to dream.
You can choose to see empathy as a buzzword or dig deeper into its layers to discover the practical, palpable benefits you can draw from it.
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