The Art of Understanding

The Listening Sessions are a mini-series of interviews designed to provide a window into the African-American experience. "Proximity breeds empathy. Distance breeds suspicion." Jesse asks friends of his several questions with the goal of taking a step closer to empathy through listening to their perspective and experience. Today's interview features a conversation with Andrew Bates.

Jesse shares a super valuable, non-personality resource called the Replenishment Cycle, from an amazing planning process called LifePlan. If you're not personally refueled, everything else in your life will suffer. But do you know what replenishes you? This tool will help you to clarify your replenishers and stay focused on keeping your tank full so that you can bring the best version of yourself to every environment.

Learn more about LifePlan at patersoncenter.com.

The Listening Sessions are a mini-series of interviews designed to provide a window into the African-American experience. "Proximity breeds empathy. Distance breeds suspicion." Jesse asks friends of his several questions with the goal of taking a step closer to empathy through listening to their perspective and experience. Today's interview features a conversation with Brie Davis.

The Listening Sessions are a mini-series of interviews designed to provide a window into the African-American experience. "Proximity breeds empathy. Distance breeds suspicion." Jesse asks friends of his several questions with the goal of taking a step closer to empathy through listening to their perspective and experience. Today's interview features a conversation with Idris Shelby.

Featuring Jesse's wife, Summer. A conversation about Extraversion and Introversion in the context of parenting, especially if you have young kids. How do we stay refueled despite constant demands from children?

The Listening Sessions are a mini-series of interviews designed to provide a window into the African-American experience. "Proximity breeds empathy. Distance breeds suspicion." Jesse asks friends of his several questions with the goal of taking a step closer to empathy through listening to their perspective and experience. Today's interview features a conversation with Shawn Thomas.

An often-misunderstood facet of personality theory is the differences between extraversion and introversion, especially in the Myers-Briggs framework. Jesse shares 3 common misconceptions along with 3 insights around this set of preferences.

The Listening Sessions are a mini-series of interviews designed to provide a window into the African-American experience. "Proximity breeds empathy. Distance breeds suspicion." Jesse asks friends of his several questions with the goal of taking a step closer to empathy through listening to their perspective and experience. Today's interview features a conversation with Ifeanyi and Brandi Bellamy.

Listen in as Jesse shares an announcement about a new mini-series called The Listening Sessions. These special episodes will feature an interview with one of his African-American friends with the goal of taking a step closer towards empathy through learning about their perspective and experience.

We all have values and beliefs that we are passionate about. But oftentimes, we plant a flag in the ground around a certain issue, but don't commit to what is needed to actually produce change with that issue. Jesse shares a taxonomy that helps to identify the 5 levels of embracing an issue and seeing a lasting impact, not a hollow aspiration. This framework has implications for every area of your life!