Travis Bradberry Quotes

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.

You can feel up, you can feel down, and you have to keep your emotions kind of somewhere to be focused on the next ball.

I try to let my highs not be too high and my lows not be too low. And I do that just because I try to control my emotions.

I've always been good at refocusing my attention away from something that was bringing me down.

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control.

When we are fully conscious and aware, we actually know when we are about to overreact. When we are mindful, we have the mental space and are aware of when our moods change. When we are mindful, we are aware of when our mental models are being challenged and when expectation does not meet with reality, which can trigger an emotional response.

Staying composed, focused, and effective under pressure are all about your mentality. People who successfully manage crises are able to channel their emotions into producing the behavior that they want.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

I don't put much pressure on myself, because I'm strong mentally.

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.

You know how some people get worked up about things? That's a very human thing to do. Sometimes, I don't know - like, I feel like I don't want to waste my energy doing stuff like that. I think about this on the court, too.

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

Have a good sense of perspective and be able to snap yourself out of bad moods, as we often wind ourselves up about the silliest things.

There's so much to benefit from being able to control your mind in certain situations and it just keeps you even-keel all the time when things are going well and when they're not. That's one thing that I've always had a bit of a tough time doing. When I get up, I get excited. When I'm down, I get pretty frustrated.

When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day's battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility.

Well, you can’t control what they do, but you can control how you respond to it…whether you allow it to drive you crazy, or occupy all of your thoughts, or whether you note what they’re doing, consider it, and make a conscious decision as to how much you’ll let it affect you

I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it's silly to let the game get to you. When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I'm breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That's what gives me the strength to break the club.

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.