A short YouTube monologue by Chad Silverstein focusing on the role of emotional intelligence and 'bids' in close relationships. Silverstein advises tuning into the root of others' bids, managing initial reactions, staying curious and open, and interpreting apparent anger or meanness as possible cries for help. He emphasizes awareness (emotional intelligence) and careful, non-confrontational curiosity to repair communication harm.
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Such a hard thing when you're in a close relationship with the most important people in your lives and you either have failed to communicate in a way that has been effective or worse, you've done damage. And the bids, I think, are really important to tune into if you want to lead and lead anything healthy, because you have to kind of see what's at the root of the bid. And then you have to be able to kind of see past your initial reaction to the bid and to try to understand what the person has seen from you in your response, maybe what you're not saying. And if you. If you're a very passionate person, you may wear it on your face because you wear your heart on your sleeve. People who are close to you usually know you sometimes better than you know yourself, and they can see right through your crap. So I think, you know, being able to be aware, tuned in, this is emotional intelligence big time. And see that a lot of times what you think is mean, you think it's anger, you think it's wrong, is maybe a cry for help, is maybe, you know, something that the person hasn't even discovered themselves yet. So just know that that's there and be curious, stay open and try to go to the root. Try to go to the root and figure things out by being curious and not confusing people, by challenging.