Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky fewâthe good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. Itâs easy to fall prey to this misconception. In reality, being likeable is under your control, and itâs a matter of emotional intelligence […]
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The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmartEQ has conducted research with more than a million people, and weâve found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to remain calm and in control. If
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My last article, How Successful People Stay Calm, really struck a nerve. It was one of the most popular pieces in the 12-year history of the TalentSmartEQ newsletter, and it has been read more than a million times on my Forbes blog. The trick is that managing your emotions is as much about what you wonât
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Toxic people defy logic. Some are oblivious to their negative effects on others, while some enjoy causing chaos and provoking people. Either way, they create unnecessary complexity, strife, and worst of all stress. The Effects of Stress on the Brain Studies have long shown that stress can have a lasting, negative impact on the brain.
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Here are a few challenges successful people overcome and how they do it. Where others see impenetrable barriers, successful people see challenges to embrace and obstacles to overcome. Itâs truly fascinating how successful people approach problems. Their ability to let go of negativity boosts their confidence in the face of hardship, which otherwise holds so
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We live in a world of constant contactâa place thatâs losing sight of the importance of being alone. Offices are abandoning cubicles in favor of shared desks and wide-open common spaces. And, rather than sitting at their desks working independently, school children are put in groups. It seems that a never-ending âpingâ has become our
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Having close access to ultra-successful people can yield some pretty incredible information about who they really are, what makes them tick, and, most importantly, what makes them so successful and productive. âWhenever you see a successful person, you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.â â Vaibhav ShahKevin Kruse is
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When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into what many people had always assumed was the sole source of successâIQ. Decades of research now
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Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once said, âPoliteness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.â Itâs true. Being kind and considerate softens people and makes them malleable to your way of thinking. But I see another meaning there, too. I think heâs also saying that being considerate of others is an integral part of what
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How complaining rewires your brain – your brain loves efficiency and likes to avoid unnecessary work. Repeating a behavior like complaining makes your neurons branch out, easing information flow. This makes it much easier to repeat that behavior in the futureâso easy, in fact, that you might not even realize youâre doing it. Research shows
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