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I fit into spaces which already exist and contort myself to fit a shape which has been allocated for me.
“Research shows that if we view talent as fixed (“I’m not a numbers person” or “I’m not creative”), we become easily discouraged by mistakes and are less motivated to make an effort.”
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
“But real achievement at work requires going one step beyond emotional intelligence: you need to learn to be reasonably emotional. This means matching how you communicate your feelings to the specific situation. To do that, you need emotional fluency—the capacity to productively sense emotion, and to know how and when to translate what you feel into healthy action.”
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“The opportunity to level up is largely driven by you, by what you choose to absorb, by who you choose to learn from.”
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
“Why is it that when we think of professionalism, we immediately jump to the idea that we should suppress everything we feel?”
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
― No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
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