Music and Leadership: Is Your Playlist Helping or Hurting You?

When you listen to a song, the way you connect to it, the emotions it evokes in you, and the way that you interpret the meaning of the song, is an experience that is uniquely yours.

One person may listen to a song and find it empowering and motivating. Another person may listen to that same song and feel like it triggers negative emotions in them or brings them down.

How Music Shapes Your Mindset and Leadership Energy

Have you ever thought about the impact that the music you regularly listen to has on your emotions and on your life? Your current playlist may be in need of a major update.

Some songs might be keeping you stuck in a negative emotions loop, as they reinforce a negative belief that you would like to get rid of. Other songs have the ability to free you from those negative emotions and turbocharge your life in a positive way. Certain songs can create an emotional lift, especially when chosen with intention—something we explore more in our episode on well-being with music.

Why Emotions in the Workplace Start With You

In this week’s Leadership Insights edition of The Enlightened Executive podcast, I discuss the power that music has on our emotions, and how creating the right playlist for yourself can transform your life for the better.

If you liked this episode, you may also benefit from hearing:

• How to Improve Your Well-Being with Music
• 3 Ways Music can Increase Team and Personal Effectiveness 
• Unconventional Leadership Strategies

Curious how your mindset shapes your leadership style?

Take the Leadership Superpower & Roadblock Assessment to better understand how your emotional triggers and habits affect your impact.

Or learn how to use music and neuroscience to become a more enlightened leader with the Leader’s Playlist Masterclass.