Attunement versus Empathy

Mickey Mellen
2 min readMar 26, 2022

I talk about empathy on here quite a bit, but the exact definition of it can still get a little fuzzy for me. The book “ To Sell Is Human “ talks a bit about empathy versus attunement, and I thought it was an interesting comparison:

Attunement means understanding what others are thinking, and should not be confused with empathy, which means understanding what others are feeling.

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Mickey Mellen

I’m a cofounder of @GreenMellen, and I’m into WordPress, blogging and seo. Love my two girls, gadgets, Google Earth, and I try to run when I can.