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Use empathy to predict intentions
Perspective taking relies not only upon our ability to share emotions with others, but also upon our capacity to regulate our own emotions.
The point is not to ask ourselves what we would do in any given situation; it’s to try and understand what another would do.
If we begin to better understand how others experience situations, we are more succesful in our interactions. We can predict the attitudes, expectations, and intentions of others that may be very different from our own.
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Correctly reading other people
Emotions are powerful vehicles to guide us in reading people. We naturally track the behaviors of others to try and determine what they are thinking, feeling doing or planning.
We determine people’s motives and intentions, even when our attention is not specifically on the...
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Think of others to learn how to act
We observe people instinctively and notice subtleties such as what they are doing, where they are looking, and what their body language is indicating. This helps us determine if we feel comfortable around them which helps us decide if we want to interact with them and how.
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Analyze each person’s personality
The way we communicate with people is based on how we perceive them to be, as people.
When we are around a coworker who is more serious or intellectual it calls for a different interaction approach from us then when interacting with someone who is more laid back and easy g...
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Get to know people
What you know about where people come from and how they came to be the people they are is critical in determining what to say and do.
It's frustrating when we give too much or too little information. Different persons react to just the rig...
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Interpreting words
Most people speak indirectly, which requires us to infer the actual meaning of what they are trying to say.
This creates a lot of room for misinterpretation, especially through text or email.
What we decide to say or not say requires that we interpret as acc...
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Respecting differences within people
Perspective taking requires the maturity to gain the knowledge and be respectful of another person’s personal beliefs.
When we are disrespectful to another person and their belief system it is the quickest path to creating separation and division between people.
Not all people share ...
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Examples of empathy gaps
The empathy gap causes us to misjudge our own emotions and behaviors. Examples include overestimating our ability to stay composed in a stressful event, overestimating the likelihood that we can control our desire for an addictive substance, such as coffee, or underestimating...
Let Go Of Expectations
We cannot even understand ourselves, so it is futile to think that we can fully understand other people.
- Normally, we would not do something inconsistent with our values and goals, so we cannot demand others to fulfill our expectations if it is not consistent with th...
Uses for empathy
Humans beings are capable of selfish, even cruel behavior. A quick scan of any daily newspaper quickly reveals numerous unkind, selfish, and heinous actions.
The question then is why don't we all engage in such self-serving behavior all the time? What is it that causes us to feel anoth...
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