There are a million things that contribute to your success: your attitude, your people skills, and your ability to lead, listen, and take responsibility, to name a few.
But an important one many don't know about is the ability to manage emotions and remain calm under pressure, says Travis Bradberry, president at TalentSmart and coauthor of "Emotional Intelligence 2.0," in a LinkedIn post.
In a more recent follow-up post, Bradberry says that managing your emotions is as much about what you don't do as it is about what you do.
He sifted through data from his company, TalentSmart — which tested more than a million people and found that the "upper echelons of top performance are filled with people who are high in emotional intelligence" — to uncover the kinds of things that successful do and don't do to keep themselves calm, content, and in control.
He found nine behaviors they consciously avoid. Here are a few of our favorites:
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