Words, Part 2
Sep. 18th, 2008 09:19 amOn discussing feelings at work.
By the way, our instructor was hysterical. Very dry sense of humor and full of great examples and self-mockery.
After lunch, the instructor covered the topic of how to express ourselves using "feeling" statements. (Yes, I put quotes around that word. Can you sense I'm going somewhere with this?)
I'm totally onboard with discussing feelings in every aspect of my life EXCEPT at work. I don't think it belongs there. Unfortunately for the instructor, all the examples we had to work on were work related items, (EG. develop a statement for informing your boss how you feel when he/she asks you to work past 5pm everyday) AND he had me in his class. I hijacked the class with my rant and I'm not sure he ever got his point across. ( the next rant, Welcome to the No Whine Zone )
By the way, our instructor was hysterical. Very dry sense of humor and full of great examples and self-mockery.
After lunch, the instructor covered the topic of how to express ourselves using "feeling" statements. (Yes, I put quotes around that word. Can you sense I'm going somewhere with this?)
I'm totally onboard with discussing feelings in every aspect of my life EXCEPT at work. I don't think it belongs there. Unfortunately for the instructor, all the examples we had to work on were work related items, (EG. develop a statement for informing your boss how you feel when he/she asks you to work past 5pm everyday) AND he had me in his class. I hijacked the class with my rant and I'm not sure he ever got his point across. ( the next rant, Welcome to the No Whine Zone )