Empathy, the ability to understand and co-experience the feelings and thoughts of other people, is probably one of the most important skills a person can have. 【小题1】

• Humans are social animals.

There are very few activities that humans take part in that don’t involve others. 【小题2】It allows you to perceive others’ motives, treat them the way they want to be treated, understand how others perceive you, and so on.

• It lets you better understand non-verbal components of communication.

【小题3】People who are not empathetic have a hard time reading between the lines of conversations. They cannot understand that what the other person means to communicate is different from what they actually say.

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When you unconsciously perceive what the other party wants and needs and can understand exactly why they want it, reaching a “win-win” solution gets easier. You don’t have to blindly search for a way out.

• It broadens your horizons.

Seeing the world from other people’s perspectives lets you perceive it to a fuller extent. When you are able to look at life from other people’s point of view, you are able to live a more fulfilled life.

【小题5】Thus, achieving higher levels of empathy often means achieving greater fulfilment as human beings.