10 Life Lessons
Practice empathy; Practice listening; Smile a lot; Walk; Manage your money; Avoid credit; Public speaking; Investigate the truth for yourself; Learn to dance; Avoid loneliness; plus 1 more.
Learn to practice empathy. One of the most important life skills to learn, indeed we must all learn, is empathy. Empathy is the ability to put oneself in someone else’s position, understanding and comprehending their emotions and feelings. Empathy is not sympathy or pity. And one of the skills needed for empathy is to listen, without interrupting.
Practice listening. Listen to understand, not just to reply. When you do reply, first repeat the other person’s main point, in order to demonstrate that you have listened. While listening keep in mind that you don’t know everything, nobody does.
Smile a lot. Smile at people as a greeting and see what reaction you receive back, hopefully positive. Look at the two images above, one sad the other smiling, my friend is beautiful in both images, but which one is uplifting?
