At heart sales relies on empathy or the ability to resonate with others.

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That means one out of every 25 human beings has no conscience, no sense of right or wrong, no empathy, no ability to understand emotion--no soul.

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In reality, empathy is simply the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

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Health systems are turning to another model known as Four Habits, which teaches doctors how to create rapport with patients, elicit their views, demonstrate empathy and assess their ability to follow a treatment regimen.

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Besides learning that they are somehow lacking in empathy or goodness or the ability to heal, little guidance is being provided to those who among them have decided that they cannot believe in a sometimes violent and irascible God or who in fact have found their faith in God in question as a result of this tragedy.

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They are the basis of empathy, he suggests, our ability to feel what others feel.

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Empathy is essential to developing the ability to bond with others, and bonding is another important ingredient of leadership.

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Religion has the ability to bridge divides through empathy and forgiveness.

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Research presented in the current issue of the journal Infancy found that parents can influence a child's ability to help and share with others and to show a sense of empathy by discussing emotions with their toddlers.

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Since women are the vast majority of Botox users and studies all over the world have concluded that women already have a superior ability to empathize and detect emotions than men do, might not Botox merely help level the empathy playing field?

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