For decades, we’ve been told that intelligence, ambition, and education are the keys to professional success. But new research challenges that idea.
Today on the MIX Morning Show, Sean Kelly, Mariam Serkal and Dr Julie Gowthorpe RSW talk about what to focus on if you want to raise kids with successful careers.
A 12-year Harvard and University of Illinois study found that emotional stability, not IQ, not drive or ambition, not even formal schooling, is the strongest predictor of long-term career success.
The study tracked people for more than a decade and found that emotional stability predicted higher income, greater job satisfaction, and lower burnout.
Consider your own workplace. Those colleagues who have emotional stability are much easier to work with and they have a better presence on a team.
IQ might get you in the door, but emotional stability determines whether you thrive once you’re there.
