Take Emotional Temperatures
I received the feedback below from a participant in one of my workshops.
“I liked Dr. Justice’s advice to take a personal emotional reading once a day. Instead of once a day, I have tried to apply this concept multiple times a day so that I won’t hinder positive conversations\meetings that I participate in. I also find the advice good for ascertaining the emotional barometer of people I interact with so that I will know how to respond and/or proceed in a conversation.”
I realized that taking an emotional temperature is not something I have discussed in this blog, though I regularly recommend it as a simple action item in speeches and coaching sessions.
Through the course of our day, and especially if the day involves interaction with other folks, our emotional temperature changes. Some people and some meetings or calls make us “feel good” while others cause some level of anxiety. Most of us go through these events for days and weeks without appreciating these experiences for the impact they have on us — both while they are occuring and then for the rest of the day.
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