Hello, sir. Glad you made it. Come in. Sit. Get comfortable.
Could you please take off your shoes? Excellent.
Now I'll ask you to step into someone else's.
Empathy. So much digging around this concept — and in the end it's a not-very-complicated operation of the eyes.
You know that film technique where the camera rides along with one character's point of view? Every beginner director knows the best way to make us identify with a character is to make us see what she sees.
And remarkably — as in the movies, so in life.