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Empathy Exercise
By Randy Salars·
Short Answer
Imagine experiencing this moment through someone else’s senses and priorities. Ask: what would they notice that you don’t?
How to Do It (3–6 minutes)
- Choose a real person you know (or a role: child, elder, nurse, engineer).
- Pick a shared environment (room, street, meeting).
- List 5 things you notice right now.
- Now list 5 things they might notice first (sounds, risks, emotions, details).
- Finish by naming one action you’d take if their priorities were true.
What This Trains
- Perspective-taking (social perception, not mind-reading certainty).
- Reduced egocentric bias (your default lens is not universal).
- Attention flexibility (switching frames without losing grounding).
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