You also realize that you had overlooked your value of a strong work ethic. You recognize that honesty and kindness, your top strengths, can help you immensely moving forward. How can I shift my thinking and mindset to take on this challenge better?ĥ minutes later, after answering these questions:.How can I use my top character strengths to resolve these issues?.Then, you'll pick a couple of journal prompts from the list of 30 and begin to answer them. Perhaps you'll pull out your one-page journal worksheet from your course in The Training Library.Īfter taking a few deep breaths, you'll note your If you are a very self-aware leader, you'll take some time to reflect and sort through what happened. There are many factors in this incident, not just Becca being late. You remind yourself that there is also a high-risk client involved and Anjali. You are well aware of how often you overlooked Becca's tardiness without addressing it. Then, you put the majority of the blame for the incident solely on her.ĭriving home later, you start to feel sick about how you dealt with it. In a raised voice, you criticize her, grill her about her whereabouts. When you show up on-site to discuss the issue with Becca, you are furious instead of being calm and collected. So suddenly, you have an incident to deal with. Unfortunately, Anjali, tired and eager to go, lost her patience with the client and overreacted to the client's behaviours. The staff on shift, Anjali, had to stay late because Becca had yet to show up. The next time you hear about the issue with Becca being late is when you get the incident report. Therefore you tell Charlie to keep an eye on it because let's be honest, you're too busy to deal with it today.
#KEEP YOUR COMPOSURE HOW TO#
Now you feel the tension in the back of your head build as you wonder how to deal with it. You're aware that there's a risk of Becca's behaviour compromising the team dynamics. Then one day, you hear from the team lead, Charlie, that the other team members complain about Becca. Because unfortunately, you've got a lot of other things to deal with and don't have time for this. But again, you hope it will go away and that Becca will get back to being on time. But you think it was just that her child was sick, so you let it go. And then you notice that she's late more frequently. These body sensations are telling you that something is going on that is very serious, perhaps even dangerous, that needs your composed attention!Ĭonsider how you may start being irritated with one of your employees, Becca, who is late a couple of times for her shift.
It's warning you that you need to deal with this before exploding with rage. THE LOUDER MESSAGE: Your body is now telling you that perhaps you're feeling furious, angry, or outraged.
Left unchecked, you'll feel like your blood is boiling. MORE SIGNS: Left unaddressed, the tension in your body starts to heat up, and you feel your heart beating rapidly. Perhaps something is going against your beliefs, values or ethics that you need to address. THE MESSAGE: However, this agitation and tension tell you that you need to focus on the problem. Perhaps the headache and tension in your neck are signs that you've been ignoring the problem and hoping it will go away. THE SIGNS: When you feel a sense of agitation in your body, it may be telling you that you've been ignoring a problem. The messages your body is sending to you that you might be ignoring
They tell us what's going on and even what we need to do. That awareness starts with tuning into your body sensations. The longer answer is to commit to developing your self-awareness.īeing self-aware means, you notice what's happening both inside you and around you. The simple answer to both is to become more self-aware.
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