How safe and happy do you feel at work?
If most of us are spending as much as 80% of our lives at work, the people we work with are a big part of lives. These relationships can have a big impact on the way we think, feel and act. In the latest KindnessCan episode, Jane Linley-Thomas and Paul Bushell explore ways to make work a kinder, happier place.
Listen to Episode 4 - Kindness with our Work colleagues - below:
The things we experience every day at work are the stories, feelings and habits we take home with us. We have been overwhelmed by emails from people feeling so unhappy because of unkind relationships and vibes at work. Breaking the cycle of unkind sometimes starts with us.
Smile more. There are only one or two places in the world where smiling isn’t seen as a gesture of warmth, caring and kindness. You have the potential to change the course of a conversation and relationship by carefully attaching a smile. It can be a scary thing to do at first because putting ourselves out there feels vulnerable - what if people don’t smile back? Or they think we’re creepy? Take the chance for yourself. You might not always get a smile back right away (or ever), but the odds are definitely in your favour. It will feel good for you.
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Ask more questions. It’s hard to hate someone up close. When you don’t understand something, ask questions. We are more the same than we are different.
Affirmation: I am part of a special community.
Listen to other KindnessCan episodes from Jane and Paul below: