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Should we cry at work? | Susan David

TED Business

CHAPTER

Emotional Agility Is More Than Just Accepting Emotions

Tough emotions are part of our contract with life. You don't get to have a meaningful career or raise a family without stress and discomfort. Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful so how do we begin to dismantle rigidity and embrace emotional agility? When you feel a strong, tough emotion, don't race for the emotional exits. Learn its contours. Show up to the journal of your hearts. What is the emotion telling you? And try not to say i am angry or i am sad. Emotions are data. They are not directives. We generate the pathway to our best selves via our emotions.

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