By pretending we don’t have feelings at work, we’re overlooking important data and risking easily preventable mistakes. Humans are emotional creatures, regardless of circumstance. Liz Fosslien: The idea that we can ever check our feelings at the door is biologically impossible. Why are emotions so important for our work performance?
RB: In the book, you talk about bringing in more of our authentic selves into the workplace. One of them-“ 6 Illustrations That Show What It's Like in an Introvert's Head ”-was viewed by over a million people! That’s when we realized many people might need to hear our message: It’s OK to acknowledge your emotions, and preferred work style, on the job. We soon started writing articles together based on our experiences in the workplace. The closer we got, the more we realized that we had both entered the workforce believing that if you wanted to be “professional” you had to cut out feelings entirely. We bonded immediately: We’re both introverts, have an irreverent sense of humor, need eye masks to sleep, and we take on creative side projects.
After spending time worrying about imagined abuse she thought New Yorkers might heap on her, she reached out to her West Coast friends asking to be set up on platonic friend dates-I was one of those dates.
Mollie West Duffy : I met Liz a few years later when she moved to NYC from SF. Rimma Boshernitsan: You met in an interesting way? How did that help the central idea for this book come to life?
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