All good things come in threes

Empathy is a three step process in my world view:

1. Understanding how others feel, and
2. Caring how others feel, and
3. Acting on such understanding and caring

The enemies of empathy are a lack of intuition, a lack of caring and laziness.

Similarly, the art of interaction without misstep is also a three part process:

1. You have to first know yourself* to know what you want
2. You have to check that you really want something and consciously set the right ‘intention’
3. You have to be overtly clear to a third party as to what you want

* To know yourself, please refer to previous blog entry

The enemies of rightful interaction are therefore not knowing yourself, not loving yourself and laziness.

Of course if the third party has misintentions and/or a lack of empathy then all your efforts may come to naught. Avoid these people or make them a life-long project.