When it comes to interpersonal skills, practice makes perfect, which is why we strongly encourage you to interact with others, as often as possible. However good your social skills may be, there is always room for improvement and you can try the following 3 simple techniques. Empathy Empathy means to put yourself in another’s place, while being able to understand their emotions. It’s a concept different form mere sympathy, and even more so from feeling sorry for someone.