

Stop Letting Emotions Influence Your Behavior | Ep 159
15 snips Jul 12, 2024
Emotional behavior can heavily influence workplace and personal relationships. Discover how stress, sadness, and anger can be used as manipulation tactics when communication breaks down. Leila shares practical strategies to encourage direct communication, reducing emotional manipulation and boosting productivity. She illustrates the impact of cranky employees, attention-seeking sadness, and anger as a tool for control. Learn to foster healthier dynamics and enhance team performance through effective communication.
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Emotions as Tools
- People use emotions to influence others, not just react.
- Anger or sadness can be tactics to get a desired response.
Anxiety for Less Work
- A portfolio CEO's teammate used anxiety to get less work.
- The CEO reinforced this behavior by reducing the teammate's workload.
Crying as a Crutch
- Leila Hormozi used to cry during disagreements with her husband, Alex Hormozi.
- She realized this was due to poor communication skills, not the disagreement itself.