To Do

Project To Do

1. ( ) Develop a Project Team to work on this. 

   1. 1. hold regular weekly meetings.
         
         

2. ( ) Develop and document the Wholistic Empathy Definition Model. 

   1. 1. ( ) Create Slideshow presentation

      2. ( ) Write Articles

      3. ( ) Create a Training Course/Workshop

      4. ( ) Write a Book
         
         

3. ( ) Ground the model in the Empathy Circle practice. 

   1. 1. Why

         1. 1. Can personally experience aspects of empathy and the lack of empathy.

            2. this supports the spreading of the empathy circle practice. We want to to teach everyone in the world how to take part in and facilitate an empathy circle.

      2. The Model Parts

         1. 1. Basic Empathy

            2. Self-Empathy

            3. Imaginative Empathy

            4. Wholistic Empathy

      3. Test the basic Wholistic Empathy Mode with empathy activists,  experts, academics, etc.

         1. 1. What do they think of the model

            2. People to  Check With

               1. 1. Academics

                     1. 1. (x ) Lou Agosta

                        2. ( ) Susan Lanzoni

                        3. ( ) Anita Novak 

                        4. ( ) Jeremy Howick

                        5. ( )  Elizabeth Segal

                        6. ( ) Greg Depow  

                  2. ( ) Empathy Activists

                     1. 1. 
                           

                  3. ( ) Empathy Super friends Group

                     1. 1. ( ) Maria Ross

                        2. ( ) Rob Volpe

                        3. ( ) Elif Gokcigdem

                        4. ( ) Peter Sear 

                        5. ( ) etc

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4. ( ) Address Other Issues

   1. 2. 1. Moving from a Limiting Individualistic Perspective to a Wholistic Perspective     

         2. Moving from an inaccurate Reason vs. Feeling Dichotomy 

         3. Abstract Concepts to Personal Experience
            
            

5. ( ) Map onto the Wholistic Empathy Definition Model and the Empathy Circle

   1. 1. ( ) Academic Definitions

         2. 1. ( ) Carl Rogers

            2. ( ) Marshal Rosenberg

            3. ( ) Affective, Cognitive and Empathic Concern (Compassion)

               1. 1. ( ) Affective, 

                  2.  ( ) Cognitive 

                  3. ( ) Empathic Concern  (Compassion)

            4. ( ) Dan Batson - 8 things called Empathy

            5. ( ) Dan Zahav

            6. ( ) etc

      2. ( ) Blocks (Road Blocks)

      3. ( ) General Definitions by High Profile People

         2. 1. Barack Obama

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      4. ( ) General Definitions by Lay People

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      5. ( ) Academic Measurements

         2. 2. 1.  the issue of inconsistent measurement of empathy in research.  Researchers often choose scales that don't align with their own definition of empathy, leading to problematic results.

               2. Self report scales are known to be inaccurate.

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      6. ( ) Criticisms
         Recently, multiple articles and books have come out that are critical of empathy. This can have have negative impact on making a more empathic world.  Most of the criticisms come from a general lack of a clear definition.

         2. 1. Books and Articles Critical of Empathy

               2. 2. 1. Against Empathy

                     2. Dark Side of Empathy

                     3. Suicidal Empathy

                     4. Sin of Empathy

                     5. Toxic Empathy

            2. High Profile People

               2. 2. 1. Elon Musk

                     2. Jordan Peterson

                     3. etc

            3. Others

               2. 1. Compassion community

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   2. Explain how Other Feelings and Values Relate to Empathy

1. • 1. 1. 1. 1. Care

              2. Mutuality

              3. Openness

              4. Compassion

              5. Love

              6. Pain

              7. Fairness

              8. etc.

Others To Sort

1. Create a visual model of people and how the empathy circle works and feelings move between people.

2. Create an animation of the model. This is more entertaining and interesting for the average person. like the

   1. 1. Importance of Empathy

      2. How empathy works - and sympathy can't

      3. The Empathic Civilisation

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