In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will stay in your heart forever.--Angela Duckworth, author of Grit Empathy is in short supply. --Carol Dweck, author of Mindset. -- San Francisco Chronicle In this landmark book, Jamil Zaki gives us a revolutionary perspective on empathy: Empathy can be developed, and, when it is, people, relationships, organizations, and cultures are changed.
If he\'s right--and after reading The War for Kindness, you\'ll probably think so--Zaki\'s work is right on time. . . --NPR Relating anecdotes and test cases from his fellow researchers, news events and the imaginary World of literature and entertainment, Zaki makes a vital case for \'fighting for kindness.\' .
Praise for The War for Kindness A wide-ranging practical guide to making the World better.
The future may depend on whether we accept the challenge.
Written with clarity and passion, The War for Kindness is an inspiring call to action.
We meet a former neo-Nazi who is now helping to extract people from hate groups, ex-prisoners discussing novels with the judge who sentenced them, Washington police officers changing their culture to decrease violence among their ranks, and NICU nurses fine-tuning their Empathy so that they don\'t succumb to burnout.
He also tells the stories of people who embody this new perspective, fighting for kindness in the most difficult of circumstances.
In this groundbreaking book, Jamil Zaki shares cutting-edge research, including experiments from his own lab, showing that Empathy is not a fixed trait--something we\'re born with or not--but rather a skill that can be strengthened through effort.
It doesn\'t have to be this way.
Since then, things seem to have only gotten worse.
In 2006, Barack Obama said that the United States was suffering from an Empathy deficit.
Studies show that we are less caring than we were even thirty years ago.
We struggle to understand people who aren\'t like us, but find it easy to hate them.
In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will stay in your heart forever.--Angela Duckworth, author of Grit Empathy is in short supply
