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You might suppress your emotions when you walk through the door at work. But your colleagues can still feel them. Author Cassandra Worthy explains how to transform negative thoughts into positive ones. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► Up next, Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile ► Cassandra Worthy, the author of Change Enthusiasm: How to Harness the Power of Emotion for Leadership and Success, believes that emotions can have a uniquely strong influence on our personal and professional lives. According to Worthy, emotions don't turn off when we walk into a business setting or turn on our laptops, and we can catch the emotions of those around us, both positive and negative. This phenomenon is called emotional contagion, and it can have a significant impact on our mood and productivity. Worthy suggests that suppressing emotions can lead to physical ailments and that it's important to acknowledge and transform them instead of ignoring them. Emotions can be transferred, transformed, or conserved, and by becoming more self-aware of our emotions, we can transform negative thoughts into positive ones. This transformation can help us reach our goals and fuel our personal evolution. 0:00 Emotional contagion at work 1:02 5 ‘signal emotions’ we suppress: Fear, frustration, anger, anxiety, grief 2:16 Can physics help? Conserve, transfer, or transform emotion 3:55 Unlocking self-awareness: The weeds and the soil To learn even more from the world's biggest thinkers, get Big Think for your business ► Read the video transcript ► ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Cassandra Worthy: Cassandra Worthy is the world’s leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®. She is lighting the world on fire with her refreshingly unique take on not just ‘managing’ but growing through change. Her leadership development and consulting company Change Enthusiasm Global creates value at the intersection of change and emotion in the workplace. Worthy's mission is to bring this revolutionary and research-backed approach for embracing change and using it to propel you to new heights with people all over the world. She is trusted by clients around the globe including Google, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, Sanofi, Zoom, and Cisco. After spending nearly 15 years working as an executive within both Procter & Gamble and Berkshire Hathaway thriving through some of the biggest acquisitions ever recorded in the consumer packaged goods industry, Worthy decided to cultivate the mindset and tools she practiced to grow through these disruptions in a way that inspires, invigorates, and motivates others to grow through their greatest change challenges. Change Enthusiasm® has become much more than just a mindset, it's a worldwide movement. Book Cassandra to speak: Partner with Change Enthusiasm Global: Follow Cassandra: See more of Cassandra’s videos: @cassandraworthy7043 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more of our stories from Big Think : How to develop emotional intelligence training for leaders and managers ► The individual development plan: Benefits, best practices, and examples ► Interpersonal skills training: 5 lessons for building people skills ► ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want more Big Think? ► Daily editorial features: ► Get the best of Big Think right to your inbox: ► Facebook: ► Instagram: ► Twitter:
