What is put yourself in others' shoes?

To which I'd add that the test of a first-rate capacity for empathy is the ability to hold two opposed positions in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to think for yourself. Shoe-shifting, the ability to put yourself in the other guy's shoes is a fundamental skill of extraordinary power. read more

When you put yourself in another person’s shoes you risk seeing yourself as others would see you—not quite as special as you think. But the pay-offs are worth it. Shoe-shifting capacity helped save well over 90 million lives during the Cuban Missile Crisis. read more

“Put yourself in other’s shoes” is a beautiful metaphor used to describe “trying to understand from another person’s perspective”. In everyday life we fail to understand people around us because we are so much involve in our own life. read more