If you've been feeling that the world is acting a little less civil these days, you're not

alone. Find out what you can do about it next on Live Happy Now.

There are pretty subtle adjustments that we could make that really have a big influence on

others as far as lifting them up and getting them to contribute more and feel more satisfied

and greater sense of thriving and, you know, greater sense of

thriving and work.

Hello, this is Jeff Sanders, and welcome back to another episode of the Live Happy Now podcast.

This week we're talking about something many of us have become more familiar with recently,

Incivility.

Today we're talking with Christine Perraith, author of

Mastering Civility, a Manifesto for the Workplace. And although her book looks at how we can bring

about more civility in the workplace, she has a lot of great insights on how we can apply

those same practices and principles to our daily lives.

Live Happy Now's Emily Miller caught up with Christine, so let's hear what she has to say

about how we can master civility in our own lives.

Hi, Christine. We're so excited to have you here on the podcast.

Thanks for having me.

Well, so you literally wrote the book on workplace incivility.

I think everyone has experienced incivility at work at one point or another, and it seems like a very common problem. I wanted to know

what drew you as a researcher to that topic. Well, sadly, it was my own work experience. So I worked in a

really toxic work environment and my first job out of college, which I

thought was going to be my dream job.

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