Empathy practice #1: An appreciation audit

Empathy

Appreciation improves empathy. Once per week, for six to eight weeks, think about three or four people you appreciate.

• Practice: An appreciation audit
• Practice: An appreciation audit

For each person, ask:

• What do I admire?
• For what am I grateful?
• Do they know how they have contributed to me?
• If not, what will I do, and by when, to make sure they know?

We have found that simply being present to people we appreciate makes empathy more easily available.