The higher you go, it's less about what you know, and more about your ability to manage relationships and change. According to Center for Creative Leadership, careers derail due to: failure to see big picture, micro-management, lack of trust, poor team building skills, lack of accountability and need to be controlling--all correlated to EQ. The same problems that show up at work are often those that show up in our personal life as well. But EQ can be learned, and profound change comes when we ourselves change.

STEP 3 -- Practice new behavior. Here's where we can learn from our children. Watch a child do something new -- they practice over and over and over until skill is mastered. Unlike children, though, our mature minds remind us of all reasons why it won't work. Adopting "open-mindedness" of a child, we'll want to immerse ourselves in continual, positive reinforcement that will keep us going.

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