An episode themed for the holidays! (Though any talk of service is relevant to this time of year...and any "holiday spirit" of service is relevant to every day of the year).The second episode of a powerful new series about practical service skills with endless applications to every aspect of life. They are often overlooked because they work on deeper levels than the surface technical skills than the modern service industry seems tends to over-prioritize. But learning these skills means learning true skillfulness (in the Eastern sense of acquiring wisdom, maturity and effectiveness) and transforming your service into one of power and possibility.Each episode stands on its own, but this one helps mobilize the previous one in the series: Learn How To Navigate People's Needs.Recommended pairings: the practice of Metta Bhavana. All of This is True:Compassion is a skill, not some kind of pious state that only the saintly are gifted with - learn the awareness practices that make you better at negotiation, handling challenging people and finding satisfaction in any work you do that involves other people.Compassion is different than empathy and sympathy. And gives you a certain power to transform a situation and how you respond to its challenges. AND, to boot, it doesn't require that you be a naturally empathic person.Learn how compassion refines your ego, taking you beyond the smaller sense of yourself you may be conditioned to believe. It makes you nimble, adaptable and capable of thriving in unfamiliar situations (because, when you pay attention, anyone can lose their threatening edge and reveal themselves as part of the same human family).Check out the practices section of the Serve Conscious website to learn a compassion accelerating Buddhist practice known as Metta Bhavana. This is also where I will re-emphasize the value of meditating regularly with this simple, but insanely powerful, practice. Go Deeper Into The Mindful Service Movement:
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