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We want to feel that people we work with are our people, even if we come from different backgrounds and cultures.
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Laughter creates positive emotions, which are good for creativity and flow…
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Emotional self-awareness is the first stage of awakening.
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…emotions spread like wildfire between and among people.
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Beliefs determine how you feel and therefore what you do.
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…while we often tell ourselves we are softening the message so as not to hurt someone else’s feelings, we are really trying to protect ourselves.
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Telling someone what emotion his or her behavior evokes in you is intimate and disarming.
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When we spend a lifetime curbing our anger, sadness, or our frustration for fear of offending others, in the process we curb our joy.
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It’s not our thoughts or feelings that get us into trouble. It’s not our disclosures that cause distress. It’s our attachment to them, our belief that we are right.
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Everything each of us says leaves an emotional wake. Positive or negative. Our individual wakes are larger than we know.
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