Why is the 'kick cat effect' universal? How to avoid the cat kicking effect in the workplace?

"Kicking the cat effect" originated from a story, referring to a father who was criticized by the leader when he was in the company, and he felt resentful. When he returned home, he scolded the child playing on the sofa and kicked the cat beside him. Walking, the cat rushed to the road in a hurry, and a truck happened to be approaching. In order to avoid the cat, the driver injured the surrounding children.

This is where the cat kicking effect occurs. Emotions can be contagious. For example, when you come to the company to work happily in the morning, but your superior is in a very bad mood and scolds you, your mood will plummet directly, which will affect you. behavior, which has a chain reaction on many things around.

The cat kicking effect is not only applied in the workplace, but can be encountered in all corners of life. People should learn to control their emotions, otherwise, it will cause more and bigger disasters, which is somewhat similar to the butterfly effect.

Especially now, the workplace is becoming more and more intense. Whether it is the competition between companies or the pressure within the company, people are all under enormous pressure. China is no longer an era when the agricultural population has the upper hand, and the workplace has become a The choice of most people.

Stress is ubiquitous and inevitable, and stress is not necessarily a bad thing. Low stress can generate motivation, and high stress will generate more negative emotions and lead to many negative behaviors.

The cat kicking effect not only refers to the contagion of negative emotions, but also refers to the influence of superiors on subordinates, including the impact of negative emotions of others on the self.

Generally speaking, the spread of negative emotions is from top to bottom. The more top-level personnel, the more control they have over their emotions, while the lower-level people can only passively accept them, while the lowest-level people can only rely on self-venting or enduring to become The ultimate victim.

At this time, we need to understand one thing. When we are the upper level, we must know how to control our emotions, so as not to cause the infection of the whole chain and affect the whole process of work because of our emotions.

When we are subordinates, we know how to adjust our mentality or release the pressure when we are exposed to the negative emotions of our superiors.

No one is perfect, and there is no one who does not make mistakes. People are more emotional animals, and they are prone to emotional fluctuations for certain reasons. At this time, we need to be tolerant. Only by being tolerant can we correct mistakes in time and not expand.

As the saying goes, good medicine is good for the disease, so if people can accept criticism and face themselves better, then they can better benefit from problems and constantly improve themselves.

The workplace is a small society, and society is a group of people. There are all kinds of people in it. If we are too concerned about a mistake made by someone, or various misunderstandings caused by personality incompatibility, then we can only be trapped in negative emotions forever. , creating a vicious cycle for ourselves and our surroundings.

Today's society is changing with each passing day, and new things are constantly impacting us. Many things that we could not understand before have now become a reality.

What we have to do is to keep learning and accepting. Things we don’t agree with can be temporarily silent, and we don’t need to express our position in time. Even if we are really unacceptable, we should admit the fact of its existence, and there is no need to suppress it.

Especially when we have achieved the management level, we should have a certain mind, and the ability to control our emotions should be further improved. When encountering things, we should analyze them calmly. Whether it is a problem or a result, we should be able to calmly accept and accept it. solve.

The ancients said that "the prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach", and that's what he said. Only with a broad mind can he tolerate things that others cannot. And what you tolerate, the responsibilities given to you by this position, is also the demeanor of a leader. important performance.

Therefore, the same is true when we choose a career. Choosing a good supervisor will not only train you better, but also make your work atmosphere more relaxed.

The cat kicking effect is a test for people. Whether we are the person who kicked or the cat, we all need us to face up to our emotions better, control our emotions, and prevent them from spreading unprovoked, leading to greater disasters. .