Reversing Roles
If
there is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability
to put yourself in the other person's place and to see things from his
point of view- as well as your own. -Henry Ford
I can see things from another person's point of view
I
will consciously reverse roles with another person today. I will stand
in their shoes and look through their eyes. I will think, imagine, and
place myself sincerely in another person's place as much as is possible,
seeing things, for a moment, from their perspective. When I do this I
am much better able to understand how to act toward and with someone.
Reversing roles consciously is not the same as getting lost in someone
else's head. I know that I am momentarily leaving the safe and familiar
confines of my own mind in order to gain a deeper understanding of
another person. And then I come back to me, with a greater understanding
of them, myself, and the dynamic between us.
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