Day four: Adrian sat with Priya during lunch. She talked about her son’s asthma attack last week and how she’d been distracted, which is why her projections were off. Adrian’s brain screamed correction! —he wanted to tell her to separate home and work. Instead, he clenched his teeth and said only: “That sounds terrifying. Is he okay?”
He didn’t say a word. Leo stuttered through his presentation, waiting for the ax to fall. When it didn’t, he looked at Adrian with confused relief. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry-...
Helena shook her head. “No, you’re not. You were a high-IQ missile. Now you’re a leader.” She opened the book to a highlighted passage: Day four: Adrian sat with Priya during lunch