How To Understand People Better

Empathy checklist

Here’s a short checklist of the different techniques to use whenever you’re confronted with confusing behavior. Run through the list until you feel confident about your conclusion. 

• Put yourself in their shoes
• Think of times you’ve been in a similar situation and explain your reaction
• Can the behavior be explained by a more “universal” model than a person-specific one?
• How are they empathizing with you, given they are projecting?
• How are they empathizing with you, given what you know about how they perceive others?
• What successful model have you used to explain similar behavior for similar people?
• Is your conclusion affected by your attitude towards the subject?

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