James O'Dea writes about the importance of cultivating three qualities in our leaders and in ourselves: empathy, the ability to have meaningful dialogue, and holistic thinking. Neurologists have learned that a depressed person's brain patterns jump---become less depressed---when simply in the presence of happy people.
We are connected at the head and at the heart---many branches of science have even shown this to be true. When one person reaches out to another, we can affect each other, without even saying anything. When we cultivate wholeness in ourselves we cultivate it in others too.
