Emotionally intelligent people embrace mistakes for what they are—great opportunities to learn. In this article, originally published on TalentSmart.com, Dr. Travis Bradberry reveals the 10 they never make twice. Everybody makes mistakes—that’s a given—but not everyone learns from them. Some people make the same mistakes over and over again, fail to make any real progress …

Steve Jobs may have had an enormous ego as the head of Apple, but he understood his place in the information age when he famously quipped, It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. Genius and profound. …

Daily habits are the key to success. People have no control over the weather, world politics and similar circumstances. But we control ourselves and our habits, rituals and routines. All habits can be categorized with the four cornerstones of Me, We, Do and Be. “Me” habits improve our mindsets. “We” habits build relationships. “Do” habits focus …

Sometimes comparisons can be useful… but where your sense of satisfaction and fulfillment are concerned, they’re definitely not. Like if you constantly you compare yourself to other people. Do that and it’s easy to feel unsuccessful. If you’re an entrepreneur and you compare yourself to Richard Branson, you won’t win. If you’re a musician and …

The more people you know, the more chances for a friend to come through with a lucky break. In one study, Richard Wiseman, professor of psychology and author of The Luck Factor, showed participants a list of last names and asked them if they were on a first-name basis with at least one person with …