I love the advice and thank you again for the specific examples about how we can start with something as simple as just begin by checking in with each other. And it doesn't always have to be about an emotion. So I'm no longer my functional role talking to your functional role, we're two people communicating in that immediacy and connection which brings a lot of value. Are there any other bits of advice that you have or experiences you have as a facilitator of interpersonal dynamics?
How are you feeling right now? According to Celine Teoh, we all need to ask ourselves that question more often — and be more precise in how we answer it.
Teoh is a facilitator of the course Interpersonal Dynamics, or “Touchy Feely,” as it’s affectionately known on campus. In her work with students and as a CEO coach, she encourages people to get better acquainted with their feelings. “Feelings are data,” she says. “In the rest of our logical lives, we would never make decisions on bad or highly abstract data. But we'll do that with feelings.”
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Teoh and host Matt Abrahams discuss how developing greater emotional awareness can help us achieve more agency and empathy in our personal and professional lives.
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