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Tip 3: Smell is a Good Warning System
We can smell angriness and anxiety from other people. There are even
strong clues that we can smell cooperation. Females can pick out those
men that have complementary genes, a sign of a promising combina-
tion leading to healthy offspring. Men prefer the smell of fertile
women. There is a lot of research on our nonconscious ability to smell
odor from other people and to relate this odor to psychological phe-
nomena. We are much better at using our nose than we think we are.
So, for example, don
t try to work together with someone whose body
odor is repelling to you, because the cooperation will never be a suc-
cess. Unfortunately, we live in a society in which we don
'
t give much
attention to smell, and we even try to camouflage bodily odors behind
a wall of deodorant and perfume. Nevertheless, if somebody thinks
that someone does not smell good, please take notice of this perception
and investigate it. It might lead to hidden realities.
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Question: Can you recall an incident in which smell gave you a clue?
Tip 4: High Safety Anchors Create a Perception
of Low Safety Investments
A safety anchor is defined as the personal standard of how much
safety effort is reasonable while doing a task. If one has a high anchor,
one will not easily experience safety efforts as a burden. These safety
anchors can be influenced both as temporary and structural.
Needed level of
safety investment
for a certain task
Perceived
safety
investment
Perceived
safety
investment
Accepted
level of
safety
investment
Accepted
level of
safety
investment
Accepted
level of
safety
investment
A
B
C
The perceived investment is related
to the accepted investment
Question: Can you recognize safety anchors in your organization
and can you influence them?
