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Want to Improve Your Relationships at Work? Drop These 3 Habits.
#1 You take it personally.
Interpersonal relationships can be one the greatest sources of energy builders and drainers for people. It has nothing to do with their colleagues but everything to do with them and their interpretation of a situation.
Emotional contagion is real; if you allow your external environment to drain you instead of energising you, consider the impact on the people around you.
Anyone can build better relationships at work by adopting a new set of habits; in this case, there are habits you need to stop doing to create the desired results.
#1 You take it personally.
Think about the last conversation that triggered you at work; with hindsight, was it really about the situation, or did you take it personally?
Let’s say your boss commented about your team’s performance not being where it should be. Rather than take the feedback constructively, you go inwards and make the situation personal. You interpret the comment that you let the entire team and your boss down.
You forget how many moving parts you must deal with and how many people you must rely on to ensure success. You interpret the comment as all your fault, which is not…
