In today’s culture of fast-paced, faceless and reactionary messaging, we are seeing an increase in “social media depression”, isolation and loneliness. The good news is that we are all capable of pulling someone out of these emotional states.
Forward momentum is good for your cognitive abilities and will help you to get unstuck. One way to shift from surviving to thriving is by not only practicing daily mental self-care, but also by not remaining stagnant.
Good mental self-care can help us learn effectively, change our circumstances, increase creativity, better our relationships, improve memory, and increase our emotional control (EQ).
One of the most important aspects of mental toughness is good cognitive self-care or taking opportunities to unplug and unwind our minds from the demands of our daily lives.
Let me first start out this week by asking you a few questions: Would you follow you? (Another way to ask this is: How do you become the leader that you yourself would want to follow?) How do your employees or colleagues feel about working with you or for you? What kind of people are they becoming as a result…
This week, give some thought to your core values and how they are impacting the culture or sub-culture of your team/organization.
Oftentimes in negotiations, people slip up by asking the wrong questions. Bad questions can quickly turn a good negotiation sour. For example, don’t ever ask “Why” questions in a negotiation because that will most likely instigate a defensive response. Asking “why” questions forces the other side to defend their position and makes them feel backed into a corner. The best…
By using mirror and reflection techniques in negotiations, you are letting the person on the other side of the table know you are listening and ready to work with them.
Our voice reflection is such a powerful verbal tool in negotiations. We can literally use our voices to reach into people’s thinking and effect their moods by flipping their emotional switches.
Don’t be in such a hurry to come to a solution or conclusion, but instead… slow down. Going too fast is a common problem all negotiators make.