087: The Jazz of Empathy with Chad Fowler

02:17 – Chad’s Superpower: Empathy! 07:47 – Using Introspection For a Means to Recover from and Deal with Bipolar Disorder 10:51 – Modeling Yourself 16:35 – The Importance of Self-Care 19:22 – Practicing Empathy and Compassion The Compassionate Coder (https://compassionatecoder.com/) Your most important skill: Empathy (http://chadfowler.com/2014/01/19/empathy.html) 36:25 – Expressing Your Unique Voice 40:34 – Merit-based Rewards Systems The Post-Meritocracy Manifesto (https://postmeritocracy.org/) OKR: Objectives and Key Results (https://weekdone.com/resources/objectives-key-results) 55:11 – Management and Leadership Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591846404/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591846404&linkId=d5e83b9d78528f89464e16cd79edacc0) Goodhart’s Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law) Reflections: Coraline: Freeing yourself from “supposed to”. John: Focusing on self as a gateway to understanding other people. Jessica: Our duty in the world in order to help other people emotionally is to take care of ourselves. Rein: Cybernetics of Human Learning and Performance by Gordon Pask (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0844808210/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0844808210&linkId=ffdc522918ebafc6aff68e0e41126733) Chad: Running internal dialogues that you have with yourself constantly through a bunch of other people who are thinking about the same things. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode). To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Chad Fowler.