LGC #38 | ME-pathy: Why Self-Awareness Changes Everything with Eddie Ross
Thu Nov 13 2025
What if the biggest gap in leadership isn’t empathy, but Mepathy?
Eddie coined the term Mepathy, a twist on empathy, about understanding how others perceive you as a leader. Because empathy helps you understand others, but Mepathy helps you understand yourself through their eyes.
We talk about:
The difference between being a good person and being a good bossHow self-awareness is the beginning of everythingWhy perception is reality, and what that means for your impact
Eddie is the author of Where’s My Free Lunch? and host of The Free Lunch Podcast, both filled with lots of wisdom and refreshing honesty about what leadership actually takes.
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What if the biggest gap in leadership isn’t empathy, but Mepathy? Eddie coined the term Mepathy, a twist on empathy, about understanding how others perceive you as a leader. Because empathy helps you understand others, but Mepathy helps you understand yourself through their eyes. We talk about: The difference between being a good person and being a good bossHow self-awareness is the beginning of everythingWhy perception is reality, and what that means for your impact Eddie is the author of Where’s My Free Lunch? and host of The Free Lunch Podcast, both filled with lots of wisdom and refreshing honesty about what leadership actually takes.