This is “Death to Sunday Scaries,” where we explore how to navigate the feelings that come with work-life and how we can create emotional development in the workplace.
Good work Ryan. Your dad told me you were doing a lot of sensitivity stuff but I didn't know your progression from doing it because that was you and eventually being recognized by management that you have a skill that can be useful for others. Keep at it.
I consider myself as a sensitive person and taught my classes that way. When the book came out about Emotional Intelligience I got a phone call from a former high school student calling to tell me that I was teaching about EQ years ago to them.
Also when I worked with students one on one I became aware of my sensitivity to what they were sharing and how my response was non threatening to them because I was tuned into their feelings. A student would be sharing intimate feelings and I would ask if they had ever been to counseling and they would say no because they couldn't trust the person
And here they were meeting me for the first time and laying out their feelings to me. I realized that my sensitivity to their feelings was setting up a situation where they felt safe to talk. This is like you experienced when colleagues would talk to you
I am glad you have found a way to use your sensitivity in the business world. No small feat.
Good work Ryan. Your dad told me you were doing a lot of sensitivity stuff but I didn't know your progression from doing it because that was you and eventually being recognized by management that you have a skill that can be useful for others. Keep at it.
I consider myself as a sensitive person and taught my classes that way. When the book came out about Emotional Intelligience I got a phone call from a former high school student calling to tell me that I was teaching about EQ years ago to them.
Also when I worked with students one on one I became aware of my sensitivity to what they were sharing and how my response was non threatening to them because I was tuned into their feelings. A student would be sharing intimate feelings and I would ask if they had ever been to counseling and they would say no because they couldn't trust the person
And here they were meeting me for the first time and laying out their feelings to me. I realized that my sensitivity to their feelings was setting up a situation where they felt safe to talk. This is like you experienced when colleagues would talk to you
I am glad you have found a way to use your sensitivity in the business world. No small feat.
Lee Beckom
Leebeck1745@gmail.com