From the course: Activating Courage: Transform Discomfort into Bold, Confident Action
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Lead from values, not emotions
From the course: Activating Courage: Transform Discomfort into Bold, Confident Action
Lead from values, not emotions
- You know the worst advice I've ever been given in my career? "Leave your emotions at the door, Margie." Why is that terrible advice? Because one, it's impossible to do that, and it's foolish to even try. We human beings emote before we even reason. Our emotions come up. And so it's not about getting rid of emotions, it is about learning to master our emotions, to manage them well. And until you can manage your emotions, whatever they are, it could be frustration, it could be jealousy, resentment, anger, then your emotions are going to manage you. Think of emotions like the surface of the water. They can come and they can go. Sometimes the waves can be really big. And when the storms blow in, like it's wild out there, and other times it's really calm. Well, our emotions are volatile. They do come, they do go. And if you are being run by your emotions, it means you're going to be pretty inconsistent, pretty…
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