Empathy and Authority: Become a Better Guide #shorts

Guides show up in stories with really two characteristics, empathy and authority. So that's what makes them a good guide for the hero, is they have empathy for what the hero is going through, and they have authority or competency that they show up to help the hero win. So showing up as a guide really, like, you start with empathy. And the research shows that empathy is actually a tool that is used to create momentum in teams, that it actually builds trust, it lowers defenses, it creates a sense of where people are actually more effective in the long run. Like, so, yeah, you can get up and yell at people and tell people to do things, but if you want to be truthfully a long term badass, start with empathy.