This TED talk is by Westminster college student Kalina Silverman, and it’s about a short experiment she did to try to skip small talk with people and connect with them more deeply. How would you answer these two simple, profound questions that she asks? This video is a great example of pursuing noble goals and […]
How are different children motivated differently? Josh Freedman talks with Ramona and John Miranda about how kids are motivated by different things, and one of our jobs as parents is to help them find out what motivates them.
How well could you describe someone by talking to them? The answer, as we find out in this video, is not as much as we think. We should be careful about the assumptions we make.
Josh Freedman and Susan Stillman discuss the importance of being aware of how our emotions influence our perceptions – and how we can use that awareness to be better parents.
This is the story of Resa, a woman who grew up in one of Indonesia’s biggest landfills. You read that correctly, there are almost 3,000 families who live and work as scavengers in the landfill. But this is the story of how she has started a club to help kids learn and achieve their dreams.
In this short video, psychologist Susan Pinker shares her research into what helps people live longer lives. The answer is way less medical, and more social, than anyone would have guessed.
People are scared that artificial intelligence and automation will take over much of what humans do today. And while this fear is legitimate, humans have a unique ability to get insight and inspiration from themselves and others, and that will never be taken over by AI. This video has been produced by Six Seconds.
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Todd Delano, CEO of ServRx, had “the classic problem” of a successful startup. The company was growing, but the culture was not. Unlike many CEOs, Todd recognized that unless he got people aligned, he wouldn’t break through to the next level. Using a focus on emotional intelligence, the team was able to transform their organization […]
“We live in an age when knowledge of emotions is an extremely important commodity, but do you truly understand emotions?” Tiffany Watt Smith gives an amazing explanation of the incredibly complex interplay of our biology and culture in our relationship to emotions.
Do you ever feel impatient, or even afraid, as a parent? As parents, we deal with a lot of emotions – both our kids’ feelings and our own. Josh Freedman and Marilynn Jorgensen discuss and offer 3 tips for emotionally intelligent parenting.
Author Kristin Neff offers insights into compassion and self-compassion. A beautiful presentation that could be used to describe Increase Empathy.
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett has spent decades studying emotions, and she was shocked to find that emotions are based on guesses and predictions about the world. An interesting TED talk about the neuroscience of emotions.
Six Seconds contributor Carlos Aldan talks about the two components of an exceptional leader. What do you think is an indispensable characteristic of a standout leader?
This video from Soul Pancake looks at what is known as the bystander effect – the diffusion of responsibility that seems to discourage empathy in groups. A fascinating look at a phenomena with big implications for Increasing Empathy.
This presentation is an amazing tool to teach clients about exercising optimism, and includes engaging activities to learn about the two primary types of optimism. Slides with speaker’s notes.
In today’s increasingly divided and polarized world, this concept of the empathy gap (that we feel more empathy for people like us) is more important than ever – because only by recognizing it and working to combat it can we overcome it. A thought provoking video.
Emotional intelligence is, actually, quite simple. It’s one of the most basic aspects of our shared humanity. But the potential it has to change our lives, our communities, and our world for the better is almost limitless. This Six Seconds video is an ode to the power of working with emotions.
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant isolates three characteristics of the unconventional thinkers who drive radical change. A thought provoking TED talk.
In this thought-provoking TED talk, Dr. Guy Winch talks about the disparity in the amount of time we spend taking care of our physical health as opposed to our psychological health. He makes a convincing case that we should invest more heavily in our emotional self-care.
