Cognitive empathy involves knowing how other people think and feel, while emotional empathy involves feeling another person's ...

Once upon a time, the United States had a president known for a peculiar facial display. In an act of controlled emotion, he would bite his lower lip and tell his audience, “I feel your pain.” Whether ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leadership lessons from history’s greatest thinkers. Yet, empathy (what is it, exactly?) can be a little slippery to ...