From the course: Leading with Love

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Help solve a challenging circumstance

Help solve a challenging circumstance

From the course: Leading with Love

Help solve a challenging circumstance

- What's the best way to show someone you understand a difficult circumstance they're going through? Help them solve that circumstance. When you do so, something pretty cool happens. You have a real impact on the person you're helping. That's leading with love and you end up helping yourself too. I'll explain with a case study. I met Susan, a nurse in a coffee shop in Vancouver. I was sitting at a table next to her and noticed her tearing up as she was reading something. I asked if everything was okay. She introduced herself and explained that she was reading a letter from a former patient who was quite unwell at one point, but had now recovered. The patient was thanking Susan for going above and beyond to help her out of a major circumstance. The nurse and patient had become close friends, which led to the patient's confession that her medical bills had caught up with her. She had exhausted every source of medical aid she…

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