If you were to write down a list of human emotions, how long would that list be? Bill Stinnett, Ph.D. (L.E.T. Master Trainer) explains that through leadership training, learning how to more accurately express our emotions is key to effectively communicating to others. As an example, think of yourself as a PC, your words as a video cable, and the other person as a TV. If you want the highest quality signal from a PC to the TV you need the right cable. So to more accurately express your state of emotion (PC), you might choose to use a more precise phrase like “I’m really confused about the schedule next week.”(highest quality cable) rather than “I’m so frustrated.” (low quality cable) when speaking to your team member (TV). Expanding our emotional vocabulary is one way to help others be more understanding of what’s going inside our head.