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Reflections on empathy articles

I believe that I can communicate well with a large variety of people, which requires a cognitively empathic understanding of where that person comes from. This helps me tailor the message to that person in a way that I believe will be best understood. I terms of working on a team, this is useful to make the team most efficient by helping everyone understand what they are to do and how to do it. In terms of software and programming, this is important because it helps the project's portential of reaching the largest number of people across the intended demographic. Unfortunately, it can be hard sometimes to empathize with people who are not willing to extend the same courtesy to me or others.