Empathy

The five components of emotional intelligence are: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills.

Empathy (noun) is the understanding of the emotional state or thoughts of another person.

Empathy involves being curious about other people, active listening, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and openness.

Benefits of empathy skills

Some benefits of empathy skills are:

1. Better understanding of the needs of people around you

2. More clearly understanding how you affect others

3. Better at understanding non-verbal cues

4. Better for your career, business success and various social endeavors

5. Better equipped to deal with interpersonal conflict

6. More accurately predict people’s behaviour

7. Greater ability to motivate the people around you

8. Greater ability to work more effectively with others

9. Ability to see the greater social picture. See: Social analysis

10. Greater ability to be a better leader, worker and friend

See also

• Atheism and empathy

External links

• What Is Empathy?
• How to Be More Empathetic, WebMD
• How to Be More Empathetic, PsychCentral
• How to Be More Empathetic in a Relationship and Why It Matters, PsychCentral
• Empathic Skills: Definition and Examples
• The most Important Empathy Skills With Examples