Empathy, are you capable of that?

I have a naturally empathic nature which, actually, is a brutal professional handicap. I have failed in management positions because I haven't gotten maximum production out of employees, and I have a very hard time firing anyone if if they are really horrible on the jobs. I feel for them and their families. I choose to be fired myself or leave rather than squeeze people who are already stressed out and have so many problems. I feel all of these problems as if they were my own. Empathy is no ingredient of occupational success.

Yes, I have a very high tolerance for the feelings of others and I can empathize even with the sentiments of the people who hurt me. I try to understand their point of view. However, although I could empathize, yet I hold a different set of values and convictions than those other people, then I know that I will react differently when faced with a similar situation that they are facing. Hats-off to you for being sensitive about other people's feelings. I try to do that too, but sometimes, I could be harsh without meaning to. I have to try harder to change.

The golden rule and I think more than that. Willingness to go the second mile. these things are good example of empathizing. My heart bleeds for people who are bullied, abused, inflicted with diseases, and victims of unpleasantness. Unfortunately, though, only a few people are capable of that. I hope that the most influential people in the whole world will get some too.

Yes, I have a tendency to empathize with another person. Sometimes, I get very much cautious with what I do or say to another person lest he/she would be hurt.

I would like to think that I am capable of empathy towards another person. Especially when I have gone through what the other person is going through right now. And it is prudent to follow the Golden Rule.

My mom used to say the saying "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." When I was very young she went and sat me down and explained what she meant. It simply meant actions that give out towards each other in this human race think before you do them about whether you would get angry or your feelings hurt if the same thing was done to you. She owned a store and it was not unusual for a customer to come in and grouch at her and she would smile back at them and wait on them as though they were the sunniest people that had come in. I asked her one day why she didn't respond back to them in the same manner. The only thing she said was that we didn't know what kind of a day they had. They could have just got balled out by their boss or had a fight with their loved one or one of many other things that could have happened before they walked through the door. She said everyone ought to try to walk a day in anothers shoe and people would treat each other differently. My mother is a beautiful person and always treats people with the milk of human kindness.

You can empathize people just by looking at their mouth or eyes to see if the say the truth for an example! :) It's awsome how you can analize a person just by looking at him.

I can empathize with people of many types. I always try and think about how they feel or why they do the things they do and such. I try to put myself in their shoes and try figure what separates them from others. I always try and think of way to not hurt others or judge them for their actions.

Hum... i am a type of person that has trouble to emphatize. Sumtimes it is good for me coz i dun have to feel the pain that others feel. But... it is also not good coz i feel like im too cold... Hukz... I think empathy is good but it shouldnt be too much. Gotta keep the balance... ^o^v