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4 Steps to using Empathy in design and problem solving

100hrs — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:14:23 +0000

In this short video from the Ashoka website, Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Director of Riverside School and the Design for Change movement, explains the role empathy has in design and problem solving. It’s not just about feeling for others, she says: it’s about how to distinguish the real issue from the superficial aspects, about stepping back to consider and imagine a solution that involve others in the solution itself, and about sharing and inspiring others.

The 4 steps are: Feel, Imaging, Do and Share.

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Compassion is hot right now, says Emma Seppala

100hrs — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:01:36 +0000

Here’s another article from Emma Seppala which was published in the Huffington Post, on why compassion is probably one the most important things in your life. For example, Emma says that brain imaging shows compassion sends our pleasure levels as high as when we experience receiving gifts or eating dessert. It makes us attractive and sends good vibes all around, making others happy. It also boosts our health and helps us feel better when we’re down.

Read the full article by Emma Seppala on the Huffington Post: 10 (Science-Based) Reasons Why Compassion Is Hot

Great Video on Breakthroughs in Well Being – Don Berwick

100hrs — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:49:24 +0000

This is a wonderful 48 minute talk by Don Berwick, former Healthcare Advisor to Barack Obama and one of the leading physicians in the world.

Berwick talks about the impact on medical outcomes of altruism, kindness, and mindfulness

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What are the scientific reasons to start mediating daily?

100hrs — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:15:39 +0000

Emma M. Seppala, Ph.D. dedicated her PhD research at Stanford University to studying the impact of meditation. She’s listed some of the main benefits in her article in Psychology Today: 20 Scientific Reasons to Start Meditating Today which covers:
Health benefits, boosting happiness levels, improving social life, brain activity, productivity, wisdom, and more.

Emma shares her thoughts on how to tackle your own resistance if you think “I can’t do it”, with simple counter ideas.

And here’s a wonderful infographics of the article:

Infographic by
Emma Seppala, Ph.D. Learn more about the
benefits of meditation
in her original post.

Manako’s letter

100hrs — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:16:43 +0000

Feedback from 19 year-old 100Hours’ participant Manako Mothebe in South Africa:

“For too long living in the society swimming in a sea of nothingness. For too long living in the island of hopelessness. Thank God for bringing you to my life…

Feedback from 19 year-old 100Hours’ participant Manako Mothebe in South Africa:

“ For too long living in the society swimming in a sea of nothingness. For too long living in the island of hopelessness. Thank God for bringing you to my life.

Manako, student testimonial Thank you for instilling positiveness in my life. Thank you for making me enjoy the rare gift of hope. Thank you for letting me see further than today’s problems and thus to see into the promise of the future.

South Africa, the land of crime, drugs, prostitution and corruption, these are the quickest ways to get bucks. But thank you that you taught me the integrity, responsibility, and the choice not to engage in one of those disastrous actions.

Thank you for instilling a lion heart to venture into the opportunities that this country has to offer with a loving kindness attitude.

I wish you could peer into my heart and read how happy I am for meeting you. Thank you very much for all you have taught me.”
By 2016, we will have multiplied this impact many times over; and, crucially, have the platform to multiply the impact globally.