99% Of People Don’t Spend Enough Time On This Underrated Skill
What a recovering addict me about empathy
Think about something you practice every day. Maybe you love playing basketball and head to the gym after work to put up shots or want to become a writer so you set daily word counts.
The key is repetition.
However, one common problem I’ve noticed is that we often associate repetition with tangible or hard skills that correlate to our careers. Hard skills are skills you can gain through education, training, or certifications. They encompass things such as reading, writing, and math. Hard skills are measurable.
What we often neglect are soft skills.
A soft skill is more subjective and harder to quantify. You may have also heard the terms “people skills” or “interpersonal skills”. Essentially, soft skills characterize how we interact with others.
And the number one soft skill most people don’t work on is empathy.
The Importance of Empathy
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