Travis Bradberry Quotes

You can say no to people who make you feel bad about yourself. To people who backstab you or make you feel anxious in any way.

I used to be a major people pleaser, but that way purgatory lies.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life.

You learn, right, a lot of people's problems - why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink - is because they can't say one word and it's N-O, no.

Never stay in a bad marriage, and don't hang around with psycho coke fiends.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.

For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

There are terrible jerks, and there are an unusually large concentration of them in the workplace. And that means that you do have to make some changes in your behavior, but there is absolutely no need for you to give them power over your happiness.

When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.

Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people that I don't really like or drive me crazy.

One of the stated values at IronPort was 'work/life balance,' but I wasn't living it. I was rarely home. And when I was home, well, let's just say I wasn't particularly helpful or cheery.

It's very challenging to get the right balance between relaxing and working.

If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.

When you become an adult and you have a choice of who to have in your life, if someone's hurting you and making you feel bad, then they shouldn't be in your life, even if it's a family member.

When you marry a triple Virgo, there's no way to meditate the stress away.

Stress is part of life. It is something we all experience from time to time. Sometimes it reflects our own busy lifestyles or key moments such as exams, moving house, organising an event, or coping with a bereavement. Often it is associated with work: meeting a deadline, dealing with difficult people, or meeting stretching targets.

I feel that exercise really balances me. Then I layer on the other obligations that I have.

I eliminated stress by eliminating people that I don't enjoy working with.

Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can.

I definitely am done with as much drama as I can be done with. I don't think it helps me with any of my business endeavors or the things that I'm excited about.

I was a workaholic, I had food issues, and I had body issues. I was in a lot of pain. My parents didn't recognise what was going on.

In short? It is exhausting being me. Pretending to be normal is draining and requires amazing amounts of energy and Xanax.