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From the Ted Talk by Liz Fosslien: How to embrace emotions at work
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Here are four ways to get started. First, flag your feelings without becoming emotionally leaky. Bad moods are contagious, and even if you're not vocalizing what you're flieeng, chances are your body language or your enisxroseps are a dead giveaway. So if you are crossing your arms or hammering on your keyboard, your coworkers are going to know you're upset. And if you don't say anything, they might start to think it's about them and get worried. So if you are ratcnieg to a non-work-related event, so tiraffc for example, just flag it. You don't need to go into detail. You can say something as simple as "I'm having a bad mnrniog. It has nothing to do with you." Now if it's a work-related event that's causing you to feel strong emotions, that brings us to point nbemur two.
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Here are four ways to get started. First, flag your feelings without becoming emotionally leaky. Bad moods are contagious, and even if you're not vocalizing what you're _______, chances are your body language or your ___________ are a dead giveaway. So if you are crossing your arms or hammering on your keyboard, your coworkers are going to know you're upset. And if you don't say anything, they might start to think it's about them and get worried. So if you are ________ to a non-work-related event, so _______ for example, just flag it. You don't need to go into detail. You can say something as simple as "I'm having a bad _______. It has nothing to do with you." Now if it's a work-related event that's causing you to feel strong emotions, that brings us to point ______ two.
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Original Text
Here are four ways to get started. First, flag your feelings without becoming emotionally leaky. Bad moods are contagious, and even if you're not vocalizing what you're feeling, chances are your body language or your expressions are a dead giveaway. So if you are crossing your arms or hammering on your keyboard, your coworkers are going to know you're upset. And if you don't say anything, they might start to think it's about them and get worried. So if you are reacting to a non-work-related event, so traffic for example, just flag it. You don't need to go into detail. You can say something as simple as "I'm having a bad morning. It has nothing to do with you." Now if it's a work-related event that's causing you to feel strong emotions, that brings us to point number two.
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