Lifessa Lounge #32: Lessons From Around The World

Lifessa Lounge

We live in a world of diverse cultures and background but just how much are you taking advantage of your access to other cultures in order to aid in your own development? Through taking the opportunity to explore other cultures and take advantage of the diverse environments we live in we not only widen our knowledge of the world but also develop soft skills such as communication and empathy through understanding the traits and characteristics of different cultures. These skills can be used to help you in your personal day to day engagements but also in your business and career progression as you learn to adapt your approach to fit a variety of different global and cultural audiences. In this week's show we discuss how you can make the most of living in a cultural diverse environment, how Ben has used his experiences of working in a culturally diverse workplace to advance his leadership and management skills and practical actions you can take in your own lives. We also dig into the importance of emotional intelligence but more importantly emotional awareness and why it's essential to pay close attention to your mood and emotions in order to better manage them and prevent them from holding you back in your life and career. Are you a person who easily gets into a bad mood? If so, are you actively aware when you do and able to take yourself out of it? Or do you struggle not only to recognise it but also to get yourself back to a stable or happy state? Developing and understanding your level of emotional maturity and your current state of mind and how to manage it is key to ensuring you manage yourself in tough situations in order to make the right decisions. Getting to a point of emotional maturity where your able to do so doesn't happen overnight though so we offer some practical tips on how to start paying closer attention and becoming more aware of your emotions in order to better manage them. We also touch briefly on the importance of honesty and authenticity and how that is currently manifesting itself in the UK Election as well as bringing in a new item for the show where we introduce a 'Book of the Week' that you can use to help in your self-development and pursuit of your goals. This week our 'Book of the Week' is 'Start With Why' by Simon Sinek, which is a superb book on essential leadership skills and understanding your why. It also offers countless lessons that you can apply outside of leadership and in other aspects of your life. As ever if you like our content then subscribe to our podcast channel on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts or all the major podcast platforms as well as on YouTube at www.youtube.com/c/lifessa Hit that notification button on all our platforms to stay up to date with all our latest podcasts and videos! Resources Simon Sinek - Start With Why:- http://amzn.to/2qVe7YW Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action:- https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe Show Schedule 1 min - Intro 5 mins - A trip to Bucharest 9 mins - Taking advantage of cultural diversity and how you can use it to help you develop 21 mins - Benefits of team building in learning about others 23 mins - Take the opportunities to expand your horizons with other cultures 26 mins - Practical actions you can apply to take advantage of your cultural opportunities 28 mins - Take Away Tips: on taking advantage of cultural diverse opportunities 30 mins - EQ and emotional awareness 31 mins - The airplane test 38 mins - Managing your emotions 44 mins - What kind of person are you when it comes to being aware of your mood state? 47 mins - Leveraging your good mood to combat when you find yourself in an angry state 53 mins - Building the habits to manage your mood more effectively 55 mins - Take Away Tips: for actions you can apply for managing your mood 56 mins - Lessons from the UK Election on the importance of honesty and authenticity 63 mins - Book of the week: Start With Why by Simon Sinek