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What is empathy?

How can I develop empathy?
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Eidolon · M
Be present.
Sounds simple enough, but we tend to be fickle, easily distracted, thoughts elsewhere.
So its like a muscle we need to exercise.
At first, it may need some personal commitment, for example... when i talk to this person, im going to fully concentrate and connect with their every word, their body language, their eyes, their facial expressions. Im going to subtly make then a 'study'.
Keep doing that, and eventually it would become a force of habit, and natural. You wont have to make any prior commitment or need reminders.