Focusing on tactic and strategy is the opposite of empathy. An empathetic response communicates that you understand the feelings and experience of someone else.

Focusing on tactic and strategy is the opposite of empathy. An empathetic response communicates that you understand the feelings and experience of someone else. Your comment did the opposite by only focusing on your own thoughts/desires/experience. You may find it useful to research emotional intelligence so that you can respond appropriately and productively to another's emotional state. https://students.ubc.ca/ubclife/emotional-intelligence-101-empathetic-responses https://students.ubc.ca/ubclife/emotional-intelligence-101-e...