At work, most of our stress and anxiety does not come from the work itself, but from our mutual misunderstandings with other people. These misunderstandings cause problems, and in turn these problems cause us a lot of pain. Why do we struggle to win people over to our ideas? Why do we feel so defensive all the time? How can we motivate our team to perform better? How can we defend ourselves when a toxic colleague tries to steal credit from us? Fortunately, there is a proven way to solve all of these problems. A way to stop feeling emotional about your colleaguesÕ actions, and instead start taking control over your working life. A form of deep empathy that will help you to decode the confusing actions of others. We will call this sense Social Intelligence. Developing this sense does not require any special tools, only the willingness to absorb yourself deeply into other peopleÕs perspectives.
