How to Deal with Emotions in the Workplace with Liz Fosslien
About a third of our lives will be spent at work. Learning how to work with and manage our internal lives, including our emotions, in that setting is a hugely important part of becoming happy and healthy. Bestselling author Liz Fosslien joins the show to teach us how to do just that.
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Show Notes
The modern workplace can be an emotional minefield. For most of us, about a third of our lives will be spent at work. Learning how to work with and manage our internal lives, including our emotions, in that setting is a huge part of becoming a happy, healthy, emotional intelligent human.
On this episode Forrest is joined by the Wall Street Journal best-selling co-author and illustrator of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, Liz Fosslien. Liz is also the Head of Content and Editorial at Humu, a company that uses behavioral science to make work better.
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Timestamps:
01:52: Why focus on emotions in the workplace?
06:12: Why you should be less passionate about work.
12:10: Shifting workplace culture.
15:48: Establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries.
22:32: Useful and not-useful emotions.
25:54: The importance of “psychological safety.”
31:45: Managing unusual power dynamics.
38:31: What is “forced positivity,” and is it problematic?
42:20: A message to her younger self.
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