Building Self Esteem – The Simplest Exercise You Will Ever Do For Learning To Feel Compassion

When I first learned about this simple exercise, I was like: “come on, how that can help me learn to feel compassion; compassion is a complicated thing and you can’t learn it just by doing this”

And then I thought about it, remembered that I already did it in my own life and it helped me see what other people would see and understand that I live from a map, which is not accurate and which is not the truth or reality; it was my reality, that’s all. So many people think they’re right, all the time, about everything.

The exercise is simple: watch television! How stupid is that you’d say. I was almost reluctant to write an article about it but hey, if it helped me, it can help someone else too, so, let’s write it. Let’s watch television!

The purpose of this exercise is to give you a safe and non-threatening situation to practice putting aside any judgments you could have and help you have different perspectives that you would not have.

Pick up a show that you would not normally watch. If you usually like comedies, choose a drama, if you like western movies choose a soap opera. See, it’s fun, I told you.

As you’re watching the show intensively and smiling (is it hard to do?), and as you’re paying closer attention to it, you may feel mixed emotions of boredom, irritation or disgust, but don’t turn the channel. Instead, don’t be judgmental. Focus on one thing now: think about the people who regularly watch this show. Think about what could be their values or beliefs. What do you imagine they would get out of it? Try to understand the many things that would attract people to the show, because if it’s on television, lots of people already watch it. Think about what the people who watch the show are like.

And don’t fall into the trap: “These people are stupid” I want you to think outside the box or outside your bubble if you prefer. What would these people look like? What would be their hobbies? Would other things would they like to do, or think about?

As you expand your thinking, you realize that other people operate from other maps, other understandings. You begin to feel understanding and open to the possibilities. You begin to learn to feel compassionate.

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Emmanuel Segui – http://www.opportunitytogrow.com