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James R. Doty

Nascido: December 01, 1955 – Lancaster, California, United States

James R. Doty is an American neurosurgeon, professor, and author whose work centers on neuroscience, compassion, and mindfulness. He founded Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and wrote the bestselling memoir Into the Magic Shop, which helped broaden public interest in the science and practice of compassion.

Biografia e Jornada do Autor

James R. Doty was an American neurosurgeon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author whose public story joined medicine to contemplative practice. Born on December 1, 1955, in Lancaster, California, he grew up in poverty in a household shaped by an alcoholic father and a mother who struggled severely with mental illness. The decisive turning point in his childhood came in the summer of 1968, when, at age twelve, he met a woman named Ruth in a local magic shop; over several weeks, she taught him meditation and visualization techniques that he later described as life-changing. Doty became the first in his family to attend college, studying biological science at the University of California, Irvine, before earning his medical degree from Tulane University in 1981. He then trained through an Army scholarship pathway, completing internship at Tripler Army Medical Center, neurosurgery residency at Walter Reed, and later pediatric neurosurgery and neurophysiology work, while serving nine years on active duty and rising to major. ((https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/10/james-doty-obit))

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I didn’t like being hungry. I didn’t like being poor
-Real Magic
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we are wired to connect
-Why Kindness Heals
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work is often considered a ruthless cut-throat environment with little if any compassion
-Science of Compassion: Business & Compassion, Part 1
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This is done through compassion
-Science of Compassion: Business & Compassion Part 2
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Compassion is the recognition of another’s suffering and a desire to alleviate that suffering
-The Science of Compassion
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So what’s not to like about being compassionate?
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I will rephrase the question to ask what is a life of meaning?
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Giving that money away turned out to be the best thing that ever happened in my life
-All in the Mind: The Science of Compassion
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manifesting is neither a get-rich-quick scheme nor a misguided wish-fulfillment system
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