Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from their frame of reference; or in other words, the capacity to place oneself in another’s position. Oprah Winfrey once explained it this way, “The three things every human being wants most are to be seen, heard, and understood.” The way I...

Back in October of 2019, the athletic company Asics created a race with no finish line. The goal was to see how far an athlete can push themselves with no mile markers, no landmarks, and no end in sight. The result was that 71% of runners ran further than predicted. How is this possible? It’s...