Dr. Ethan Kross

This is a secret weapon that everyone that you are listening, if you're listening, you now have a secret weapon.

Invisible support is providing people with support, but without shining a spotlight on the fact that you're doing, you kind of asked me about this earlier when you asked me about how do you tactfully help another person when they're struggling? This is how you do it. Okay. And there are many forms this can take. I'll give you a couple of examples. Let's say someone on my team,

Invisible support is providing people with support, but without shining a spotlight on the fact that you're doing, you kind of asked me about this earlier when you asked me about how do you tactfully help another person when they're struggling? This is how you do it. Okay. And there are many forms this can take. I'll give you a couple of examples. Let's say someone on my team,

Invisible support is providing people with support, but without shining a spotlight on the fact that you're doing, you kind of asked me about this earlier when you asked me about how do you tactfully help another person when they're struggling? This is how you do it. Okay. And there are many forms this can take. I'll give you a couple of examples. Let's say someone on my team,

or my lab is working under a really tense deadline. And they don't have time to take care of themselves and do simple things. I can just order in food for them. If my wife is struggling with lots of stress at work, lots of chatter, it's her turn to get the groceries. I just do the groceries, pick up the dry cleaning. I don't do it, come home and ask for a pat on my back.

or my lab is working under a really tense deadline. And they don't have time to take care of themselves and do simple things. I can just order in food for them. If my wife is struggling with lots of stress at work, lots of chatter, it's her turn to get the groceries. I just do the groceries, pick up the dry cleaning. I don't do it, come home and ask for a pat on my back.

or my lab is working under a really tense deadline. And they don't have time to take care of themselves and do simple things. I can just order in food for them. If my wife is struggling with lots of stress at work, lots of chatter, it's her turn to get the groceries. I just do the groceries, pick up the dry cleaning. I don't do it, come home and ask for a pat on my back.

I just do things to make the other person's life just a little bit easier, a little bit more manageable. That's one way of supporting someone invisibly. Let's say someone else is struggling with a skill. Let's say it's public speaking. So someone on my team is struggling with communicating their science skills. in a way that people can understand with impact.

I just do things to make the other person's life just a little bit easier, a little bit more manageable. That's one way of supporting someone invisibly. Let's say someone else is struggling with a skill. Let's say it's public speaking. So someone on my team is struggling with communicating their science skills. in a way that people can understand with impact.

I just do things to make the other person's life just a little bit easier, a little bit more manageable. That's one way of supporting someone invisibly. Let's say someone else is struggling with a skill. Let's say it's public speaking. So someone on my team is struggling with communicating their science skills. in a way that people can understand with impact.

Before I take them aside and say, hey, I've noticed that you could do a little bit better here. Here are three things I want you to try. I'll first have a team meeting and we'll all share out best practice. What are the two or three things that we've all benefited from for speaking more effectively?

Before I take them aside and say, hey, I've noticed that you could do a little bit better here. Here are three things I want you to try. I'll first have a team meeting and we'll all share out best practice. What are the two or three things that we've all benefited from for speaking more effectively?

Before I take them aside and say, hey, I've noticed that you could do a little bit better here. Here are three things I want you to try. I'll first have a team meeting and we'll all share out best practice. What are the two or three things that we've all benefited from for speaking more effectively?

What I'm doing there is I am getting the person information they can benefit from, but I'm not shining a spotlight on the fact that I'm targeting it to them. So even sharing sources that you've benefited from, podcasts, episodes, books, share that with someone else. You don't have to target it to them and say, hey, this is going to help you.

What I'm doing there is I am getting the person information they can benefit from, but I'm not shining a spotlight on the fact that I'm targeting it to them. So even sharing sources that you've benefited from, podcasts, episodes, books, share that with someone else. You don't have to target it to them and say, hey, this is going to help you.

What I'm doing there is I am getting the person information they can benefit from, but I'm not shining a spotlight on the fact that I'm targeting it to them. So even sharing sources that you've benefited from, podcasts, episodes, books, share that with someone else. You don't have to target it to them and say, hey, this is going to help you.

But if you found the material meaningful, just share it in that context. And what it does is it gives them the opportunity to benefit as well. But without them thinking, this was specifically targeted to them.

But if you found the material meaningful, just share it in that context. And what it does is it gives them the opportunity to benefit as well. But without them thinking, this was specifically targeted to them.

But if you found the material meaningful, just share it in that context. And what it does is it gives them the opportunity to benefit as well. But without them thinking, this was specifically targeted to them.

This episode was awesome. I learned so much. Or this book was great. Yeah, those are simple things you can do. And I do that all the time. Let me close the loop on invisible support because I told you about two ways you can do it. There's a third and it's my favorite.