Here’s How to Plan for Difficult Conversations
The Anxious Achiever
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The Power of Controlling Your Own Emotions
Power is a huge factor in how we trade at work. Research shows that pessimists feel more powerful when they criticize something or point out all the ways it won't work. We tend to see optimists as sort of foolhardy, maybe even Pollyanna-ish. I think it's part of our negativity bias too, that we're just drawn to the negative more than the positive.
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