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Travis Bradberry
American
Author
People
Time
Work
You
Your
Yourself
Related authors:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frederick Douglass
Helen Keller
Henry David Thoreau
Joyce Meyer
Mark Twain
Og Mandino
Zig Ziglar
More than half of people who leave their jobs do so because of their relationship with their boss. Smart companies make certain their managers know how to balance being professional with being human. These are the bosses who celebrate an employee's success, empathize with those going through hard times, and challenge people, even when it hurts.
Travis Bradberry
Success
Relationship
Balance
Celebrate
People
Smart
Challenge
Hurts
Half
Those
Jobs
Boss
Bosses
More
Through
Empathize
Employee
Know
Make
Because
How
Leave
Times
Than
Managers
Going
Human
Being
Being Human
Certain
Hard
Who
Companies
Professional
Hard Times
Even
People who fail to use their emotional intelligence skills are more likely to turn to other, less effective means of managing their mood. They are twice as likely to experience anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and even thoughts of suicide.
Travis Bradberry
Depression
Thoughts
Experience
People
Intelligence
Anxiety
Suicide
Other
Mood
More
Emotional
Emotional Intelligence
Fail
Abuse
Likely
Effective
Managing
Substance
Turn
Means
Skills
Use
Less
Who
Even
Twice
Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people's buttons.
Travis Bradberry
People
Negative
Other
Others
Chaos
Those
Defy
Logic
Unaware
Impact
Some
Seem
Pushing
Toxic
Around
Blissfully
Them
Creating
Derive
Satisfaction
Buttons
Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms.
Travis Bradberry
Life
You
Confidence
Challenges
Welcome
People
Smart
Sense
Mindset
Would
Easy
Ability
Having
Only
Factor
Inspires
Open
Open Arms
Like
Arms
Does
How
Handle
Going
Common
Being
Deciding
Common Sense
While
Being Smart
Growth
Suggest
Setbacks
Grit is that 'extra something' that separates the most successful people from the rest. It's the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.
Travis Bradberry
Dreams
Perseverance
Reality
People
Passion
Rest
Become
Extra
Channel
Our
Our Dreams
Must
Something
Most
Until
Stick
Order
Grit
Stamina
Successful
Successful People
Separates
As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy - and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress.
Travis Bradberry
Time
People
Worth
Stress
Will
Important
Energy
Different Kinds
Strife
Worst
Complexity
Unnecessary
Kinds
Take
Never
Toxic
Learn
Deal
How
Truly
Lot
Different
Create
Your
Each
Being a good leader requires remembering that you're there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn't to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism - they insist on it.
Travis Bradberry
Good
You
Welcome
Criticism
Insist
Leader
Good Leader
Way
Only
Remembering
Leaders
Questioning
Being
Requires
Your
Certainly
Reason
One thing an exceptional employee never says is, 'That's not in my job description.' Exceptional employees work outside the boundaries of job descriptions.
Travis Bradberry
Work
Job
Employees
Says
Job Description
One Thing
Exceptional
Outside
Never
Boundaries
Employee
Description
Descriptions
Thing
The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people's opinions are just that - opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that's only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within.
Travis Bradberry
Best
Great
You
People
Think
Other
Others
Way
Best Way
Only
Prey
True
Terrible
Within
Opinion
Opinions
How
Falling
Self-Worth
Just
Regardless
Realize
Your
Avoid
Liars hate silence, so they often try to fill it up by talking more than they need to. They provide far more information than was needed or asked for.
Travis Bradberry
Silence
Hate
Try
Liars
More
Talking
Provide
Up
Than
Often
Information
Far
Asked
Fill
Need
Needed
Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you.
Travis Bradberry
Time
You
Yourself
Tough
Other
Easier
Habit
Through
Push
Force
Hand
Begins
Get
Gets
Quit
Grit
Much
Next
Next Time
Grow
Creatures
Things
Humans
'What if?' statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you'll spend focusing on taking action that will calm you down and keep your stress under control.
Travis Bradberry
Time
You
Stress
Will
Fire
Calm
Control
Action
Down
Spend
Worry
Worrying
Statements
Focusing
Possibilities
About
More
Directions
Throw
Taking
Go
What If
Different
Different Directions
Fuel
Your
Less
Less Time
Keep
Million
Things
Mistakes and pressure are inevitable; the secret to getting past them is to stay calm.
Travis Bradberry
Pressure
Mistakes
Calm
Inevitable
Past
Secret
Stay
Stay Calm
Getting
Them
Everyone knows that life isn't fair. Saying it's not fair suggests that you think life is supposed to be fair, which makes you look immature and naive.
Travis Bradberry
Life
Saying
You
Think
Everyone
Immature
Naive
Fair
Supposed
Look
Knows
Makes
Not Fair
Which
People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mindset, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new.
Travis Bradberry
Challenges
People
Opportunities
Believe
Mindset
Those
Embrace
Something
Something New
New
Learn
Because
Effort
Fixed
Improve
Them
Lower
Even
Growth
Treating
Being a leader requires being confident enough in your own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The very best leaders take the blame but share the credit.
Travis Bradberry
Best
Blame
Leader
Own
Enough
Those
Take
Share
Fail
Leaders
Very
Confident
Being
Being A Leader
Decisions
Them
Requires
Your
Team
Credit
When companies create ridiculous and demoralizing rules to halt the outlandish behavior of a few individuals, it's a management problem. There's no sense in alienating your entire workforce because you don't know how to manage performance. It makes a bad situation that much worse.
Travis Bradberry
You
Management
Problem
Behavior
Few
Situation
Sense
Worse
Rules
Bad
Entire
Outlandish
Bad Situation
No Sense
Individuals
Performance
Know
Because
Makes
How
Halt
Demoralizing
Manage
Create
Much
Workforce
Your
Companies
Ridiculous
With a fixed mindset, you believe you are who you are and you cannot change. This creates problems when you're challenged because anything that appears to be more than you can handle is bound to make you feel hopeless and overwhelmed.
Travis Bradberry
You
Change
Problems
Hopeless
Believe
Mindset
More
Feel
Bound
Make
Because
Handle
Overwhelmed
Than
Fixed
Anything
Cannot
Creates
Who
Appears
Challenged
Influential people are never satisfied with the status quo. They're the ones who constantly ask, 'What if?' and 'Why not?' They're not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, and they don't disrupt things for the sake of being disruptive; they do it to make things better.
Travis Bradberry
Wisdom
People
Better
Challenge
Satisfied
Status
Status Quo
Constantly
Never
Make
Sake
What If
Afraid
Being
Conventional
Influential
Quo
Conventional Wisdom
Ask
Who
Why
Why Not
Things
Disrupt
Disruptive
Leadership is a mindset in action. So don't wait for the title. Leadership isn't something that anyone can give you - you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.
Travis Bradberry
Leadership
You
Yourself
Wait
Action
Earn
Mindset
Claim
Give
Something
Anyone
Title
Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.
Travis Bradberry
Work
Hard Work
Result
Emotional
Self-Control
Skill
Inherent
Hard
Few things kill likeability as quickly as arrogance. Likable leaders don't act as though they're better than you because they don't think that they're better than you. Rather than being a source of prestige, they see their leadership position as bringing them additional accountability for serving those who follow them.
Travis Bradberry
Leadership
You
Arrogance
Better
Accountability
Few
Think
Additional
Those
Though
Prestige
Follow
See
Rather
Leaders
Likable
Because
Source
Quickly
Than
Few Things
Being
Them
Act
Who
Things
Bringing
Serving
Position
We all hit moments when we feel helpless. The test is how we react to that feeling. We can either learn from it and move forward or let it drag us down.
Travis Bradberry
Feeling
Down
Feel
React
Learn
How
Test
Hit
Move
Move Forward
Either
Us
Forward
Moments
Helpless
Drag
You can be a leader in your workplace, your neighborhood, or your family, all without having a title.
Travis Bradberry
Family
You
Leader
Neighborhood
Having
Without
Title
Your
Workplace
People like to know you're listening, and something as simple as a clarification question shows not only that you are listening but that you also care about what they're saying. You'll be surprised how much respect and appreciation you gain just by asking good questions.
Travis Bradberry
Saying
Good
You
Appreciation
Respect
People
Simple
Listening
Care
Clarification
About
Something
Only
Like
Know
Also
How
How Much
Surprised
Question
Questions
Just
Gain
Much
Asking
Shows
Kindness is weak when you use it in a self-serving manner. Self-serving kindness is thin - people can see right through it when a kind leader has an agenda.
Travis Bradberry
Kindness
You
People
Leader
Weak
Kind
See
Through
Self-Serving
Agenda
Manner
Use
Thin
Right
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