How can I simmer my crazy emotions down in the workplace?
I can’t offer any help in the emotional control aspect, because my issue is somewhat of the opposite of yours — I get accused of having a Spock-like detachment from my emotions, especially in a work setting. I can offer you some insight related to this bit:I feel like when I bring stuff like being left out of meetings up, that I have a hard time just sounding pleasant and concerned, but instead accusatory & angry. I don’t want people to start viewing me as a jerk or someone you have to walk on eggshells around. I also want to change my image from being a complacent slacker to being someone who is promotable (rather than someone who’s too crazy & emotional to deal with people).I supervise a number of people and an approach that I find effective from my staff is when they come to me and say that they have a genuine interest in improving themselves and being better positioned for the next promotion. They ask me what skills they need to work on and for advice on assignments to seek and ta
