Recognize when you “otherize” someone – when you [erroneously] see them as some completely not connected to you. Then cast the world through their eyes. What are they experiencing? Log the entire experience on the dedicated website. What you think, what you feel, what you learn. Students often have a difficult time with this. Empathizing with someone doesn’t mean you agree with them, or think that they are right. It just means you see things (at least for a moment) how you think they are seeing them.
This quarter, I found myself in a unique position to try out an empathy self-intervention. For the first time in my life, I was put into a position of real leadership where I was truly held accountable for a large … Continue reading “Empathy Intervention – Rohan Pujara” →