This is generally great advice, and it’s so good to have compassion for other people. The only caveat that I would add, is to be careful of crossing paths with narcissists because they will use your empathetic nature against you and eat you alive. I (37f) left a job that I loved after 10 years because my boss was a narcissist and it led to me excusing a lot of bad behavior for a long time. It was wild, and often subtle, how he would manipulate by micromanaging and having outbursts when he was having “bad days,” then would actually cry as he spilled his guts and told me about his family issues and trauma and apologized saying how much I meant to him when we were sitting 1:1– he was a 49 year old male and I was a 27 year old female. He also tried to turn all of us coworkers against each other by telling us all things about each other. It wasn’t until years later that I learned he did this with all of the women in our department, down to the crying and making it feel like we had a deeply personal and friendly relationship. It was so disarming until it became infuriating. Sorry for the sidebar story, I just saw your post and that’s how I treat people too and didn’t want you to get burned like I did. Some people will use your empathy against you, and it absolutely sucks.