Starts With Us - Approach: The 3Cs – Curiosity, Compassion & Courage (2024)

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What are the 3 C's of compassion? ›

So those mindsets are curiosity, courage, and compassion. And of course, gratitude fits in there as well. Probably in all 3 of those areas as well.

It's important to recognize that many specific skills and behaviors ladder into the values of curiosity, compassion, and courage and that practicing one skill can strengthen the muscle of one, two, or all three values at once.

Communication, collaboration, coordination: The 3 Cs guiding successful cross-functional teams.

Putting people first is a character issue. It is a mindset; an internal belief that others matter and that I must put their well-being before my own as a leader. It takes all three “C's” to make an effective leader; Competence, Character, Commitment.

Hence, he describes moral courage as “the courage to be moral,” noting that “moral” is the adherence to the values of honesty, respect, responsibility, fairness, and compassion. Moral courage normally includes three elements: dangers, principles, and daring (Baratz & Reingold, 2013, p. 90; Kidder, 2006).

courage to do something They had the courage to stand up and fight for what they believed in. He couldn't find the courage to tell his daughters what had happened. Many said that the women's stories gave them the courage to pursue their goals. I haven't yet plucked up the courage to ask her.

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves.

We learn by standing atop the four pillars and exercising compassion, empathy, sympathy and forgiveness. The operative word is exercise. Like physical exercise where we improve when we do something so too it is with kindness.

Compassion is one of the core values of the Mutual Learning approach. Compassion means temporarily suspending judgment so that you can appreciate others' perspectives or situations when they are different from your own. To be compassionate you need to be genuinely concerned about the other person or people's needs.

Appreciating and being sensitive to the difficulty of others and what they may be experiencing through our expressions of kindness, caring and helpfulness, which creates greater trust and learning for all involved.