By DR TRAVIS BRADBERRY
How you handle conflict can make or break your career. People who are too aggressive in conflict situations harm their performance by upsetting and alienating their peers, while people who are too passive at handling conflict hinder their ability to reach their goals. The secret to effective handling of conflict...
By DR TRAVIS BRADBERRY
Study author Allison Wood Brooks says: “People have a very strong intuition that trying to calm down is the best way to cope with their anxiety, but that can be very difficult and ineffective. “When people feel anxious and try to calm down, they are thinking about all the things that could go badly. When they...
By DR TRAVIS BRADBERRY
When it comes to making yourself happy, you need to learn what works for you. Once you discover this, everything else tends to fall into place. And making yourself happy doesn’t just improve your performance, it’s also good for your health.
By TRAVIS BRADBERRY
We have to be very careful in choosing our pursuits, because our habits make us. Cultivating the right habits will send you in the right direction. They’ll help you to lead a more meaningful and fulfilling life.
By TRAVIS BRADBERRY
Even the most likeable and well-mannered among us can still look like jerks in an email. Writing an email that comes across just like you do in person is a fine art.
By TRAVIS BRADBERRY
No matter how talented you are or what you’ve accomplished, there are certain behaviours that instantly change the way people see you and forever cast you in a negative light.
By TRAVIS BRADBERRY
In the face of so much contradictory information, what are you supposed to do if you want to live a happier life? Just forget about all that subjective advice and focus your energy and attention on science-proven facts.
By TRAVIS BRADBERRY
Happiness has much less to do with life circumstances than you might think. A University of Illinois study found that people who earn the most (more than $10 million annually) are only a miniscule amount happier than the average Joes and Janes who work for them.
By TRAVIS BRADBERRY
People often feel pressure to listen to complainers because they don’t want to be seen as callous or rude, but there’s a fine line between lending a sympathetic ear and getting sucked into their negative emotional spiral.
By TRAVIS BRADBERRY
Some bosses see their employees the same way that young children see their teachers — as having no identity outside of their work. If you get the feeling that you’re disappointing your boss every time you leave for the day, then you’re working in an unhealthy environment.
