Why You Need To Feel Your Feelings and Send The Emails with Liz Fosslien
b'Erik talks to longtime friend and co-author of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, Liz Fosslien (@fosslien / fosslien.com). She talks about the importance of \\u201cfeeling your feelings\\u201d and not running away from them, especially at work. Liz gives some practical tips on how to give good feedback, how to approach negotiating, and how to be a good boss.
She talks about the difference between diversity, inclusion and belonging, why it\\u2019s so important to strive to make people feel like they belong and how to do so (tip: learn how to pronounce *everyone\\u2019s* name, not just the easy ones).
Erik asks how her own experience led her to these insights and how she\\u2019s able to find humor in the workplace. She also explains why not being so passionate about your job is actually a good thing, why you should stop feeling bad about feeling bad, and how to acknowledge your anxiety and move on.
Quotable Lines From This Episode
This traditional notion that you should be able to check your feelings at the door when you enter the office is ridiculous, and given that we are going to have emotions at work, it\\u2019s time we learned to deal with them.
Envy\\u2019s actually a really useful emotion \\u2014 it really reveals what we value. If you\\u2019re jealous of someone, don\\u2019t perform all kinds of mental gymnastics to make that go away, try and really figure out what that person has that\\u2019s making you jealous.
As a manager, it\\u2019s almost as important to manage your emotions as it is to manage other people.
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