𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄? 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!

More than 30 years ago I lived in Japan and was struck by how genuinely friendly and considerate people were.
3 years ago, when I visited Denmark for the first time, I felt the same.

What do you think these two countries have in common?

👉 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀.

In Denmark, every child has a weekly empathy session. It’s not “extra.” It’s as fundamental as math or science. Kindness is treated as a skill, something you can develop and practice.

The results are remarkable:
✔ Children collaborate more and see each other as allies instead of threats.
✔ Only 6.3% of Danish students experience regular bullying—one of the lowest rates in Europe.
✔ Long-term studies show kids who learn empathy early are more likely to graduate, find meaningful work, and build strong relationships.

𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘁: 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻.
It strengthens perspective-taking, emotional regulation, and connection.

So what if our schools and workplaces treated empathy as seriously as math?
How would that change our leaders of tomorrow?

This is a shout-out to parents, teachers and leaders to self-reflect and ask yourself: how much time do you invest in Emotional Intelligence?

EQ is not soft. (Please, let’s stop calling it “soft skills.”)
EQ are 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 kids, parents and leaders need to cultivate happy and healthy schools, workplaces and communities.

👉 WannaGrow 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣s 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙.

✨ Happy First School Day!