segunda-feira, 18 de junho de 2007

The Most Important Thing My Father Ever Taught Me and Why I Adore Craig Ferguson

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OK, this one is very simple...

When I was a teenager, if my father ever overheard me criticizing anyone, he would always make a point to grab me by the collar (figuratively speaking) and tell me calmly but seriously, "Be charitable." This admonition did not sink in for many years, but I finally get it.

Now, to Craig Ferguson. Well, he is pretty easy on the eyes, and he has that wonderful Scottish accent, but the real reason that I like him is this:

"Craig Ferguson Speaks from the Heart"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbaRyDLMvA


Links, respectively, on "social intelligence" and "mirror" neurons, trust, and empathy:

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/
2006/09/power-of-two.cfm


http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/2006/07/velocity-of-trust.cfm

http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2007/06/12/empathy-without-detachment-equals-compassion/

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