Nov 20, 2022
Communication is essential to the human experience and being a great leader. This short podcast wants to carve out the topic of taking things too personally and tie it to the topic of difficult conversations. In my podcast on difficult conversations, you may remember that you want to avoid any pre-determined perceptions at all costs. Go into any tough conversation with an open mind. If not, you will wind up feeling stressed out, unhappy, and anxious over conversations; AND you may be taking things a little too personally all the time.
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In fact, communication skills are an important and often neglected part of guiding yourself to highly effective leadership. Guarding happiness and regulating emotions can be difficult if you don't stop projecting insecurities onto those around you and assuming the worst.
So how can you relearn communication skills that will decrease stress and anxiety and improve your overall happiness? Leading to be a much more confident leader.
“Don't take anything personally.”
What that means is ... realize nothing other people do is because of you. This powerful best practice acts as a reminder that self-limiting beliefs rob you of confidence. And will create needless self-doubt. This best practice is so simple yet so profound: Safeguard your mind from unnecessary emotional rollercoaster rides.
You can apply this best practice to every facet of your life, including your work life, love life, dealing with your kids, your parents, your neighbor, your boss, the person at the grocery store … the list goes on.
Let me share a formula to deal with potentially hurtful behavior from others, boiling it down to You have a choice on how to interpret events and feedback from people. You see, Each person sees the world in a unique way, so how others treat us says more about them than it does about you.
Realize that each person has a subjective reality and that their views are only their views. No facts about who you are and aren’t based on your truth. In other words, you don't have to believe them.
Limiting beliefs control your reality. Many limiting beliefs stem from a casual comment someone made that you internalized or took as truth.
People project their personal hurts, wounds, and stories onto the person they are talking to. The guide is to remind you that, in part, everyone is walking around projecting, so remember not to take things personally. Meaning that whatever the person is saying is most likely more about them than you.
OK, so now you understand the best practice of not taking things personally. But ... you’re human. how do you reduce stress and conflict and improve confidence in your life with this method?
Here are 4 ways to stop taking things so personally:
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