For this interview, I am going to talk to my friend Grace who is a great listener. She is a sophomore pre-OT major. In some parts of the interview, I think it would be effective to ask her how she thinks intellectual humility and listening will help her demonstrate empathy and compassion in not only her daily life but her professional career.

We will discuss my definition of empathy and whether or not she agrees with this or has something else to add. I will tell her that I believe more so in being compassionate not just empathetic. It does not matter where the compassionate act came from but rather that it happened. We will talk about Baldwin’s quote talking about how love breaks barriers.

Is there a time when she felt like she struggled to remain open-minded and listen to someone else? After listening to this person was she able to understand their complexities more?

How does love/compassion tie into intellectual humility? Are you able to be more loving and compassionate if you can demonstrate intellectual humility?

Is it important that people practice intellectual humility?