You can develop your empathy skills by putting yourself in the shoes of someone with whom you have an interpersonal relationship. With that person’s help, describe in the first person how the other person views an issue that is important to him or her. In other words, try as much as possible to become that person and see things from his or her perspective. Your partner will be the best judge of your ability to make this perceptual jump, so use his or her feedback to modify your account. After completing the exercise, describe how your attempt changed the way you might relate to the other person.