Question

1. Imagine an empty chair in front of you.
2. Think about a relationship in which you are currently experiencing conflict or in which you have an unresolved conflict or issue from the past.
3. Mentally “place” the person with whom you are having conflict in the empty chair. Vividly imagine that person—what they look like, what they are wearing, and how they would be sitting. “Talk” freely to that person about the conflict.
4. Become that person sitting in the chair and consider how that person would respond to what you had to say. Respond, as if you were the other person, from that person’s perspective.

Answer 1

I shall help you to answer this question from a third-person perspective. Let us imagine a person called Tim and that he had a bad fight with one of his colleagues at the workplace. Let us name Tim's colleague as Jack and let Jack be the one who is placed in the chair. The dispute between the two was the fact that the project presentation was supposed to be done by Tim which was surprisingly done by Jack. The aftereffects were an appraisal in salary for Jack on which Tim was not happy as he deserved the appraisal due to the complete hard work he had done on completing the project.
Jack's explanation was a sympathetic one. He said that he never had plans for presenting the topic. He said that he was completely innocent as his team leader called him to a room where board members were places and were asked to proceed with the presentation. Tim was late and Jack had no time to call Tim as well. Jack only had a glimpse of the project and never had an in-depth knowledge of the presentation. However, he completed the presentation and the best part was the appreciation of the project for both Tim and Jack by the committee. Jack also said that Tim is due for his appraisal and would receive the same shortly.