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A review by tomsan
Empathy by Roman Krznaric
2.0
I'm finding it very tough to finish the book.
Perhaps I'll start with the positive. It's a really thorough detailed history of the many facets of the term empathy. If you want to know exactly what empathy is, and read a series of example of empathy in action then this book is really for you. The author also makes a few suggestions as to how one might improve their empathy.
I was expecting a self-help book to be honest and unfortunately the suggestions on how to be more empathetic are really only blog-worthy. It's a shame because the author has clearly put a huge amount of effort into the book. I just think the tagline "why it matters and how to get it". Is a bit misleading.
The structure is a bit like this:
1. author introduces concept
2. says why it's important
3. example
4. example
5. example
6. example
7. example
8. summary
9. repeat
I think there wasn't really 200 pages of material. As I mention above a series of blog posts would be a better medium.
Perhaps I'll start with the positive. It's a really thorough detailed history of the many facets of the term empathy. If you want to know exactly what empathy is, and read a series of example of empathy in action then this book is really for you. The author also makes a few suggestions as to how one might improve their empathy.
I was expecting a self-help book to be honest and unfortunately the suggestions on how to be more empathetic are really only blog-worthy. It's a shame because the author has clearly put a huge amount of effort into the book. I just think the tagline "why it matters and how to get it". Is a bit misleading.
The structure is a bit like this:
1. author introduces concept
2. says why it's important
3. example
4. example
5. example
6. example
7. example
8. summary
9. repeat
I think there wasn't really 200 pages of material. As I mention above a series of blog posts would be a better medium.