{"id":2602,"date":"2015-07-17T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2015-07-17T10:41:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:41:21","slug":"9-phrases-emotionally-intelligent-people-dont-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2015\/07\/9-phrases-emotionally-intelligent-people-dont-use\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Phrases Emotionally Intelligent People Don&rsquo;t Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/phrases-smart-people-never-use-conversation-dr-travis-bradberry?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-recommended_articles-321-null&amp;midToken=AQHGwJZETODPDw&amp;fromEmail=fromEmail&amp;ut=1bGyUDOYR0v6Q1\" target=\"_blank\">This list will make you cringe<\/a>, especially if any of these phrases are in your common parlance.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. \u201cYou look tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cWow, you\u2019ve lost a ton of weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cYou were too good for her anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cYou always\u2026\u201d or \u201cYou never\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cYou look great for your age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>6. \u201cAs I said before\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>7. \u201cGood luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>8. \u201cIt\u2019s up to you.\u201d or \u201cWhatever you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>9. \u201cWell at least I\u2019ve never _______.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ha! How good is that list?\u00a0 As a father of teenagers, I am constantly correcting them for using #4.\u00a0 I was a little surprised by #7 so I\u2019ll close with the author\u2019s explanation (which is a good one):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a subtle one. It certainly isn\u2019t the end of the world if you wish someone good luck, but you can do better because this phrase implies that they need luck to succeed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Instead say:<\/em> <em>\u201cI know you have what it takes.\u201d<\/em> This is better than wishing her luck because suggesting that she has the skills needed to succeed provides a huge boost of confidence. You\u2019ll stand out from everyone else who simply wishes her luck.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list will make you cringe, especially if any of these phrases are in your common parlance. 1. \u201cYou look tired.\u201d 2. \u201cWow, you\u2019ve lost a ton of weight.\u201d 3. \u201cYou were too good for her anyway.\u201d 4. \u201cYou always\u2026\u201d or \u201cYou never\u2026\u201d 5. \u201cYou look great for your age.\u201d 6. \u201cAs I said before\u2026\u201d 7. \u201cGood luck.\u201d 8. \u201cIt\u2019s up to you.\u201d or \u201cWhatever you want.\u201d 9. \u201cWell at least I\u2019ve never _______.\u201d Ha! How good is that list?\u00a0 As a father of teenagers, I am constantly correcting them for using #4.\u00a0 I was a little surprised by #7 so I\u2019ll close with the author\u2019s explanation (which is a&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2015\/07\/9-phrases-emotionally-intelligent-people-dont-use\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[1715,903,791,1714],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-FY","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/2604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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