What is your level of awareness?
“Of what?” Many people said aloud at one workshop I was leading.
And that, my friends is the point. You may not even recognize that you may have crossed a boundary that exists for someone.
Here are a few examples where people may not be aware they are crossing a boundary.
Space Near A Person or Personal Space Around A Person
Think about your day-to-day routine. Let’s say you’re in a line with people.
What is the right amount of space to leave or have between the person in front of you and behind you?
Since the Covid-19 rules many people expect a bit more space from people nearby. There are people who will totally lose it if they feel their personal space is being invaded.
Where might this happen?
Anywhere there is a line of people. Ordering or picking up at Starbucks, entering a crowded restaurant, taking a bus or a train, any airport, boarding or leaving the aircraft, sitting at an in person meeting with many people in attendance and many more you may be thinking of.
Speaking With Someone
“Huh?” They groaned at the workshop.
Yes, do you pick up on the cues of someone’s belief system or views on certain topics, or do you continue down a path speaking away with no regard of these cues?
Meanwhile certain words, phrases or views you are expressing has the other person clenching and unclenching their fists or tapping their foot quicker or chopping their gum faster than Jimi Hendrix played his guitar solos.
Social and Emotional
People have lives outside of work and the office. The opposite is true at the same time. Meaning something may have happened or continue to be happening on either side of someone’s life and they display a behavior on the other side of their life as a result.
Do you notice or even think to ask them if everything is okay with them? OR add “would you like to talk about it?”
Environment You’re In
Have you ever been in a really nice restaurant meant for a couple celebrating a special moment together. Soft tones of conversations, relaxing notes of smooth jazz and great food. Then there’s the one person who is speaking really loudly to the wait staff, constantly clanging their silverware plus their cell phone keep loudly ringing.
Do you workout in a health club? Signs are abundant – No Cell Phone Use Inside other than apps to workout – use ear buds or headphones.
There’s always one person on the treadmill conducting a phone call, on speaker, and everyone there hears everything. You get the concept. No realization or awareness of their environment.
Certainly there are more topics and more examples for each of these.
The point is do you see yourself in any of these?
Isn’t it time to snap out of it?
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