''put yourself in his shoes''
2007-10-17 16:47:39 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Understand that person's perspective.
2007-10-17 16:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by Qu'est ce que tu penses? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Put yourself in his Shoes" means that you should picture yourself in his/her life. Imagine how rough their life must be or how good it is. You could use it in both senses.
For example, there is a bully at a school. He picks on kids, but no one understands why. Someone ask, "Why does he act the way he does?". The teacher might say, "Put yourself in his shoes. His homelife may be in chaos, so he has built up frustrations.".
So whenever you hear that phrase, just imagine yourself going into someone else's life and seeing how things are for that person, both physically and mentally.
2007-10-17 23:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about how the other person may be feeling or going through. You'll meet people all your life that maybe rub you the wrong way, but then you find out something really bad has happened to them and you understand why they act the why they do. At least that has happened to me in the past with a few people who seemed to have an attitude and few liked.
2007-10-17 23:57:38 · answer #3 · answered by michelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you need to stop viewing the point from your own way, but to see how the other would assess, view, or respond to the situation. EX: As a white man, you can not fully understand the magnitude of slavery. But as a black man, it means alot more to you since it has been a part of your history, and you may have had ancestors unwillingfully partake in the matter, making this event more serious.
2007-10-17 23:52:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to put yourself in their point of view and see life in that persons perspective. Just think what of what that person would be thinking .
2007-10-17 23:51:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steal his shoes. I have done that on many an occasion when my mom told me to put myself in someone else's shoes. I'm in therapy for kleptomania now.
2007-10-17 23:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by The Broken Doll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine yourself going through the same thing he's going through. Imagine you are him for a minute. Then you may be able to see things from his perspective.
2007-10-17 23:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put yourself in someone else's life.
2007-10-17 23:50:12 · answer #8 · answered by i want my chocolate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put yourself in someone's place.
2007-10-17 23:50:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to look at the situation from the other persons perspective. Things may look differently if you are staring at something from the other side.
2007-10-17 23:49:54 · answer #10 · answered by lilhappyflower 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means to empathize
picture yourself in someone elses place to gain a better perspective of how they are dealing with something or living their life...
2007-10-17 23:50:25 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋