Dr. Ethan Kross

I did all these things. Can I have a pat on my back? That's not what we're talking about. It's about your group, your lab is working under a deadline, right, to submit a grant application and they don't have time to eat and you proactively have pizza delivered to the lab. It's those little things that can help. Give you two more examples.

I did all these things. Can I have a pat on my back? That's not what we're talking about. It's about your group, your lab is working under a deadline, right, to submit a grant application and they don't have time to eat and you proactively have pizza delivered to the lab. It's those little things that can help. Give you two more examples.

Let's say that someone on your team is really struggling with their ability to translate their work for for popular audiences and that's something they're motivated to do. Really important skill for a scientist to be able to translate what they do for others to consume.

Let's say that someone on your team is really struggling with their ability to translate their work for for popular audiences and that's something they're motivated to do. Really important skill for a scientist to be able to translate what they do for others to consume.

Let's say that someone on your team is really struggling with their ability to translate their work for for popular audiences and that's something they're motivated to do. Really important skill for a scientist to be able to translate what they do for others to consume.

Before you pull them aside and say, hey, you know, I noticed that you're stumbling on a few different issues and here are a couple of things I think you can do better. Before you do that direct intervention, you might have a team meeting where you share out best practices. Hey, what are the two things that I've learned that really have benefited my ability to communicate with different audiences.

Before you pull them aside and say, hey, you know, I noticed that you're stumbling on a few different issues and here are a couple of things I think you can do better. Before you do that direct intervention, you might have a team meeting where you share out best practices. Hey, what are the two things that I've learned that really have benefited my ability to communicate with different audiences.

Before you pull them aside and say, hey, you know, I noticed that you're stumbling on a few different issues and here are a couple of things I think you can do better. Before you do that direct intervention, you might have a team meeting where you share out best practices. Hey, what are the two things that I've learned that really have benefited my ability to communicate with different audiences.

What you're doing there is you're getting people the resources they can benefit from, but you're not shining a spotlight on the fact that you are directing it to them. So it's kind of a back doorway of helping or of shifting. The last tool I'll mention brings it back to sensation. one of the most powerful ways we can shift other people is, is through touch, tactile sensation.

What you're doing there is you're getting people the resources they can benefit from, but you're not shining a spotlight on the fact that you are directing it to them. So it's kind of a back doorway of helping or of shifting. The last tool I'll mention brings it back to sensation. one of the most powerful ways we can shift other people is, is through touch, tactile sensation.

What you're doing there is you're getting people the resources they can benefit from, but you're not shining a spotlight on the fact that you are directing it to them. So it's kind of a back doorway of helping or of shifting. The last tool I'll mention brings it back to sensation. one of the most powerful ways we can shift other people is, is through touch, tactile sensation.

Um, you know, what's the first thing that you do with a child to soothe them when they are born? Hold them, hold them. Skin to skin contact. I remember, uh, both times my, my kids were born. It was like, you know, I want to get on that. Like, you know, cause my wife got first, first dibs with, with both of our daughters. Like I want some of that, you know, skin to skin contact. Uh,

Um, you know, what's the first thing that you do with a child to soothe them when they are born? Hold them, hold them. Skin to skin contact. I remember, uh, both times my, my kids were born. It was like, you know, I want to get on that. Like, you know, cause my wife got first, first dibs with, with both of our daughters. Like I want some of that, you know, skin to skin contact. Uh,

Um, you know, what's the first thing that you do with a child to soothe them when they are born? Hold them, hold them. Skin to skin contact. I remember, uh, both times my, my kids were born. It was like, you know, I want to get on that. Like, you know, cause my wife got first, first dibs with, with both of our daughters. Like I want some of that, you know, skin to skin contact. Uh,

That doesn't end after we leave the womb. The comfort that we experience, the release of stress-fighting chemicals that occurs when affectionate embraces are registered, that continues throughout the lifespan. So if my daughters who don't particularly like dad to volunteer advice to them on most things nowadays.

That doesn't end after we leave the womb. The comfort that we experience, the release of stress-fighting chemicals that occurs when affectionate embraces are registered, that continues throughout the lifespan. So if my daughters who don't particularly like dad to volunteer advice to them on most things nowadays.

That doesn't end after we leave the womb. The comfort that we experience, the release of stress-fighting chemicals that occurs when affectionate embraces are registered, that continues throughout the lifespan. So if my daughters who don't particularly like dad to volunteer advice to them on most things nowadays.

If I know they're having a bad day, I'll go over and I'll rub their back in a totally uncreepy way. That is an important caveat we should give to everyone who's listening. What we're talking about here is affectionate but not creepy or unwanted touch. It is touch that is mutually desired. And there is some research which shows actually that when it is not desired, you don't get these benefits.

If I know they're having a bad day, I'll go over and I'll rub their back in a totally uncreepy way. That is an important caveat we should give to everyone who's listening. What we're talking about here is affectionate but not creepy or unwanted touch. It is touch that is mutually desired. And there is some research which shows actually that when it is not desired, you don't get these benefits.

If I know they're having a bad day, I'll go over and I'll rub their back in a totally uncreepy way. That is an important caveat we should give to everyone who's listening. What we're talking about here is affectionate but not creepy or unwanted touch. It is touch that is mutually desired. And there is some research which shows actually that when it is not desired, you don't get these benefits.