It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a year of reaction. The arrival of Covid-19 has forced us to adapt our way of living, working and thinking and it’s safe to say not everyone has the right idea...if you haven’t figured it out, stockpiling toilet paper isn’t going to help you.
Often when unforeseen events happen, many people will have an emotional reaction and let that emotion influence what actions they take. In the workplace, if we are constantly reacting to things happening around us, we will always be on the backfoot and being in that position for too long means we start to make mistakes and stop operating at our optimal performance.
We, therefore, need to learn to control our ‘Mindset’ towards situations and flex our ‘Emotional Intelligence’ to remain in control of our emotions and in turn, our behaviours and actions. If you cannot control your emotional responses, your ‘inner battles’ may get the better of you causing you to become distracted and negatively impact the situation.
Below are some tips we have put together to help you in dealing with your mindset and behaviours when reacting to unforeseen events:
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