Empathy & Perspective
📋 What it is
Empathy is imagining how a situation feels for someone else — a key tool for fair, kind decisions.
🗣️ Coach says
Before you judge a choice, stand in the other person’s shoes. Empathy isn’t weakness — it’s data. Understanding how something feels for everyone involved is how you make a decision that’s actually fair.
🧠 Memory hook
Walk in their shoes first. Empathy is information, not weakness.
😂 Giggle
What did fairness say when it got picked last?
"That's not very fair — and I should know!"
😲 Whoa!
Reading fiction has been linked to stronger empathy — imagining characters’ minds is real practice for real life.
✅ Quick check: How does taking someone else’s perspective help you make a fairer choice?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
It reveals how the choice affects them, so you can weigh everyone’s feelings and needs instead of only your own.
Perspective-taking is the practical engine of fairness.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Think of a recent disagreement and describe it from the OTHER person’s point of view.