Empathy

The five components of emotional intelligence are: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills.[1]

Empathy (noun) is the understanding of the emotional state or thoughts of another person.

Empathy involves being curious about other people, active listening, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and openness.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Benefits of empathy skills
* 2 Relationship building skills
* 2.1 Building strong personal relationships
* 2.2 Building strong work relationships
* 3 Empathy quotient
* 4 Books
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 References

## Benefits of empathy skills[edit]

Some benefits of empathy skills are:[3]

1. Better understanding of the needs of people around you

2. More clearly understanding how you affect others

3. Better at understanding non-verbal cues

4. Better for your career, business success and various social endeavors

5. Better equipped to deal with interpersonal conflict. See: Conflict resolution

6. More accurately predict people’s behaviour

7. Greater ability to motivate the people around you. See: Motivation

8. Greater ability to work more effectively with others. See: Interpersonal skills

9. Ability to see the greater social picture. See: Social analysis

10. Greater ability to be a better leader, worker and friend e active listening

## Relationship building skills[edit]

Agreeableness is one of the Big Five personality traits.

See also: Agreeableness and Interpersonal skills

People build friendships in both leisure and work situations.

### Building strong personal relationships[edit]

* Building and maintaining healthy relationships, HealthDirect

* Building and Sustaining Relationships Building and Sustaining Relationships, University of Kansas

* Friendship 101 - 8 ways to build positive relationships with your friends

* Top tips on building and maintaining healthy relationships, Mental Health Foundation

* Building and maintaining relationships, Milne Library

### Building strong work relationships[edit]

* Building Good Work Relationships

* 5 Keys To Building Lifelong Business And Personal Relationships, Forbes

* Relationship Building Skills: Definitions and Examples

* Relationship Building: How to Build Good Relationships at Work

* 8 Ways To Build Strong Relationships in the Workplace

* How to build real relations at work, Harvard Business Review

## Empathy quotient[edit]

The Empathy Quotient ( EQ ) is a 60-item questionnaire (there is also a shorter, 40-item version) designed to measure empathy in adults. The test was developed by Simon Baron-Cohen at ARC (the Autism Research Centre) at the University of Cambridge.

* Empathy quotient

## Books[edit]

* How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks. Random House (October 24, 2023)

## See also[edit]

* Agreeableness
* Atheism and empathy

## External links[edit]

* What Is Empathy?
* Empathic Skills: Definition and Examples
* The most Important Empathy Skills With Examples

Increasing empathy:

* How to Be More Empathetic, WebMD
* How to Be More Empathetic, PsychCentral
* How to Be More Empathetic in a Relationship and Why It Matters, PsychCentral
* How to Develop Empathy in Relationships
* Eight Ways to Improve Your Empathy
* How to Be More Empathetic
* Increasing Our Empathy Quotient

Videos:

* Increasing empathy videos \- video playlist

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Domains of Emotional Intelligence, MBA Knowledge Base
2. ↑ Empathic Skills: Definition and Examples
3. ↑ Ten key reasons why building empathy is important for career success