Walk a day in someone else’s shoes: empathy is likeability
factor No. 3 your ability to recognize, acknowledge and
experience other people’s feelings Think of films or books that
have moved you to crying or laughing, applauding. You have felt
another person’s pain or joy. You see life through the
character’s eyes and you are sensitive to his or her feelings,
desires, ideas and actions. The secret lies in imagination to
boost your empathy factor. If you’re sympathetic, you feel
compassion for another but it’s your feelings. If you’re
empathetic, you are projecting yourself into another’s heart as
though you’re in that person’s shoes. The first step toward
understanding how others feel is recognizing their emotions. You
can’t fake true understanding of another’s feelings. People
convey seven types of emotion via the face Three regions of the
face that communicate all these emotions are the forehead, eyes
and mouth. And listen. Think about what other people say and how
they must feel. Concentrate on the other pe