Celine Dion: I'd love for you to share how all of us can be a little bit more touchy feely. When we work in organizations or corporate cultures that emphasize logic and action, what can we do to be more empathetic? Don't say feelings; instead, use a prompt like "What was one good thing that happened to you today?" She says it creates the space for people to connect with each other.
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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