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Lead with trust and influence

Lead with trust and influence

From the course: Mindfulness Practices

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Lead with trust and influence

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- Bring to mind someone you like and trust. How easy is it to partner, collaborate, and influence them? What would it be like if you could have a wider circle of people with whom you had that trusted connection and influence? At work, we often need to influence others over whom we have no authority. If we don't trust each other, our influence is limited. If you're like me, trusted partnerships happen organically. We meet somebody and our brain quickly forms an impression of them. In fact, neuroscience suggests that the first thing our brain scans for when we meet somebody is to see if they're trustworthy. However, our brain has a negative bias because our survival instinct scans for threats to keep us safe. This is particularly true when stress is high. We wait for others to become trustworthy, so we can trust them. What if we could retrain our brain to be more accepting and less vigilant of others? Social science…

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