No. 26: Letting the little things get to you.



When you have to wake up very early every day, hit traffic – which you struggle through, by the way, get to work mostly crappy, work late and wade through the same traffic. You are bound to get a little on the edge almost all the time.

Add these to tight office deadlines, office politics, and pressure from home, it becomes pretty easy for the little things to get to you.

But you should not.

This is because letting the little things get to you is a sign of low emotional intelligence and it can also be identified by perceptive opponents who may use it against you by deliberately pushing your buttons when they need you to lose your cool to their advantage.

In your career, your IQ gets you started, but it is your EQ that not only keeps you in, but ensures that you grow.

So, whether you look at it from a career perspective, or from a life perspective, letting the little things get to you does not serve you well.

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