The Leadership Skill Every Workplace Needs Right Now · Time2CHANGE · Radar

Why Empathy Matters9:58 – 14:56

Chason ForehandHost

9:58

Well, I, you know, your, your story is heartbreaking and it reminds me of what's happening right now.

Chason ForehandHost

10:08

And in the system where, you know, when they're talking about the seven and they're talking about things that have things that are happening in the world where people have had injustices and the system has failed them.

Chason ForehandHost

10:30

And they're left to their own devices to fend for themselves.

Chason ForehandHost

10:36

And it takes years for them either to move on or for the system to catch up and actually do the right thing.

Chason ForehandHost

10:47

And it shouldn't be that way, but it is.

Chason ForehandHost

10:50

But it is.

Chason ForehandHost

10:51

And it's still happening today.

Chason ForehandHost

10:53

Yeah.

Chason ForehandHost

10:54

And we see it.

Chason ForehandHost

10:55

So it's very prevalent in our lives.

Chason ForehandHost

10:58

So first, you know, obviously, I'm grateful that you have come out of that season and that you've taken those really painful lessons and use them as fuel for what you do now, which is super powerful, super powerful.

Chason ForehandHost

11:20

And I love your tenacity.

Chason ForehandHost

11:23

That's one of the things that really strikes me is that you are tenacious.

Chason ForehandHost

11:28

When you want to get something done, you go after

Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHost

11:32

it and

Chason ForehandHost

11:33

attack with all force.

Chason ForehandHost

11:35

And I appreciate so much that seeing you, the resilience, the tenacity, the courage.

Chason ForehandHost

11:43

When you were... going on stages and talking about your past just as you did some today but you you i've heard you speak and you've gone into more depth about your struggles and and some of the things that you had to deal with when you have gone on stages and talked about this has it felt liberating to you

Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHost

12:17

No, but it's because I'm talking about it because I know I'm not the only one who has experienced and is experiencing it.

Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHost

12:29

And because I know there are other people that are feeling as marginalized and alone and forgotten as I did, I can't really be liberated from it because I know there's so many more like me out there.

Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHost

12:46

Maybe someday, if there weren't any more people suffering at the hands of a lack of empathy and people who refuse to be humane, maybe then it would be liberating.

Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHost

12:58

But right now, I know what they're going through because I went through it.

Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHost

13:04

So I feel that weight and I want to do something about it.

Chason ForehandHost

13:10

Well, I appreciate you standing up and and being proactive and making a difference.

Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHost

13:18

I hope so.