From Self-Absorbed to Other-Focused

  • Author: Dr. Lew Bayer
  • Credit: 1
  • Study time: 30 minutes
The Science of Civility micro course
Course overview
Learn why we underestimate the value of small kindnesses, how awe and curiosity turn attention outward, and test it in your own working week.
  • Video time: 2 minutes
  • Certificate of Completion included

What's included?

  • 5 Lessons
  • 1 Certificate of Completion
  • 1 Worksheet
  • 3 Videos
  • 2 PDF downloads

What you will learn

People are capable of deep care for others, yet attention turns inward easily under pressure. This micro module presents current research on the underestimation gap, awe and the small self, giving, outward gratitude and perspective getting, with honest notes on the strength of each finding. It closes with a five-day practice in which you test your own predictions against what really happens.

A tool you can use this week

The My Other-Focus Week worksheet, which you download and complete for a real situation of your own.

Dr. Lew Bayer

CEO of Civility Experts Inc., author, and Canadian Civility Ambassador
ABOUT LEW
Dr. Lew Bayer is internationally recognized as the leading expert on civility at work. She is CEO of Civility Experts Inc., a multinational civility training group with more than 500 affiliates in 46 countries, and the author of 23 books, including the bestseller The 30% Solution and a new book on diplomacy due for release in January 2027. With some 30 years of experience as a practitioner and mentor, Lew and her team of social architects help organizations build better workplaces by building competency in civility. She serves as faculty at the Canadian Management Centre, is Director of the International Civility Trainers' Consortium, and is currently embracing her role as Canadian Civility Ambassador.
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