Emotions

  Happy? Sad? Angry? Emotions.... So how do you deal with emotions? More importantly how do you deal with them in the workplace? Now there are many school of thoughts on this topic. I hear the common be yourself or hide the feelings. The truth is…. We are all different, but we all demand the same amount of respect especially at work where we all thrive for success.

   The advantages of being yourself is simple, you will be happy you are not conforming to the norms and you are YOU. Cry or get mad only you know how to release the stress and show who you are when you feel a certain way, and yes some emotions such as happiness are awesome to display and may even bring about more happiness around coworkers. But the disadvantages are people may take certain moods you bring about to their advantage. For example if you’re in a great mood smiling all day, that’s the best chance for someone to ask for part of the day off and they may come up with some lie or even ask you to sign some paperwork knowing you may not want anything to ruin your day-no stress.

   People feed off emotions! My personal favorite is to hide the feelings. By keeping your emotions to yourself you are not playing the game of having people feeding on how you feel. In fact you will remain consistent and your employers will know what to expect day in and day out. Additionally if and when you decide to show anger, people will take head of this and not want to be on your bad side, and vice versa if you’re glad they will try harder to impress and make you glad. This can be a more productive way to approach your own emotions. The disadvantages are you may simply not have many friends at work. (But you’re at work, you’re not there to make friends.. it’s a place of business) You might be construed as a bitter Tin(man or woman).

   Now remember it’s up to you which path to take but please remember one thing, “There is no crying in Baseball” A League of Their Own 1992 . If in baseball they don’t show emotion and that’s a professional sport, we are business men and women of the corporate world and we should not cry either.

 

Reputation Follows Success

Greetings,

While it has been a few weeks since our last post we are thrilled and excited to continue to put in work.  I have often heard the term your reputation is what will determine the success or failure for you.  I have come to think about that and it makes sense. Lasting impressions could very well be your first impression. Greet everyone with a smile!  If you are good at what you do, don’t worry about getting recognition. I promise it will be noticed later from others or if worst case scenario it will be missed once you go work for someone else. Now on the other hand if you seem to be lacking in any area and people remember, and they will remember.  Try to change their impression of you by maybe completing small simple tasks that you know you can achieve and build up slowly. Nothing has to be built overnight, but gaining the trust of your colleagues can be completed in various forms and ways.  Trust, work ethic, dedication and many more aspects are taken into consideration on how people will view you as a person. Remember to smile and look presentable because the first chance could very well be your last if they do not appear interested in whatever it is you may be planning.  Be sure to keep your social media and anything a possible employer might look at looking the way you want them to notice and respect what you do, not being viewed as a tagging teenager or delinquent middle aged adult who waste money on drinks and clubs. Let’s keep things professional, clean, and everlasting.   Well I will leave you with the following: 

“If reputation follows success, how do you want to be viewed?”