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To really take in and process critical feedback, it must be delivered by someone who makes us feel safe and who we believe truly has our best interests at heart.
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If fitness physically is defined as the speed of recovery, resilience is the speed of recovery emotionally.
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It’s in our self-interest to cultivate positive emotions, not just because they make us feel good but also because they fuel more productivity and effectiveness across all dimensions of our lives.
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Our core emotional need is to feel secure – to be valued – and challenges to our self-worth do just the opposite. They make us feel devalued and insecure…
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A friend or trusted mentor at work creates a secure base – a source of continuing emotional nourishments, safety, and security in the face of everyday challenges.
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Leaders who rely on negative emotions may get the short-term results they’re seeking, but the costs accrue over time.
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Unless we’re observing our own emotions – and intentionally taking control of them – we’re often the product of our most recent experiences.
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The higher the stakes – emotional, financial, moral – the greater the difficulty.
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…[it’s] disorienting… to realize that a vivid memory, one full of emotion and detail, is indisputably wrong…
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Without self-justification, we might be left standing emotionally naked, unprotected, in a pool of regrets and losses.
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