Read this article:Article: 5 People Who Can Help You Strengthen Your Empathy Muscle(This is a link to theNew York Times. The article is also available as a download in this week's e-learning module.)

Follow the advice of one of the experts referenced in this article:

1. Tell us whose advice you followed as a practice over the week.
2. Describe the advice.
3. Share why you chose this advice.
4. Explain how and when you implemented this advice/practice.
5. Tell us if and how this advice/practice impacted your EI Empathy. How do you know? What evidence can you offer?
6. Will you continue this practice moving forward? Why or why not?

Example: Bren Brown (2010) suggests that empathy is a collection of four skill sets:

• Stay out of judgment
• Take the perspective of another person
• Put yourself in someone else's shoes
• Communicate your understanding of what someone else is going through (p. 4).