Kindness boggles my mind. It's the only force in nature that increases simultaneously for the giver and the receiver.
Interpretation
Kindness benefits both the giver and the receiver, creating a positive cycle of generosity.
This quote emphasizes the unique nature of kindness as a force that enriches both the individual who gives and the one who receives. Unlike many other actions, kindness creates a mutual benefit, fostering a sense of connection and enhancing the well-being of both parties involved.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one might say, 'As Daniel Lubetzky wisely noted, kindness increases simultaneously for both the giver and receiver.'
We need to understand the other side to impact the other side. We become much more effective as humans and leaders when we engage in hearty conversations with those who are different from us, not necessarily to change our opinions, but to build the empathy muscle.
Civilized discourse demands critical thinking, self-reflexiveness, sober-headed analysis.
The ideal is to build a culture of healthy discussion, where everyone's ideas are valued. At KIND, we want everyone to be comfortable challenging my or anyone else's ideas without ever feeling or making someone else feel that the questioning is a personal attack.
You have to be very careful. If you over-commercialize a social mission, it completely loses its soul.
My dad had this incredible kindness that oozed through every part of his body. He had the ability to look at life positively in spite of what he went through. He was a Holocaust survivor. When he was 15-1/2 years old, he was liberated from the Dachau Concentration Camp by American soldiers who risked a lot to save people they had never met.
To maintain our entrepreneurial spirit, we have to create a culture in which everyone remembers that every order, big or small - and every interaction, every moment - will define what our company is today and what it will become tomorrow.
Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.
Perhaps everything terrifying is deep down a helpless thing that needs our help.
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what weβre doing, we may find that we have immersed ourselves in the βthick of thin things.β In other words, too often we spend most of our time taking care of the things which do not really matter much at all in the grand scheme of things, neglecting those more important causes.
The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect.
It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.
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