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This is Optimal Living Daily. Mastering Human Relationships by Brian Tracy of Brian Tracy.com, and I'm Justa Mollick.

Welcome back to a extra Sunday episode. I think it's nice to give you a little something extra on

Sundays, and this one is from optimal relationships daily. Definitely overlaps with the kind of content

that I typically read to you here.

So with that, here's Greg with a post and commentary for you as we optimize your life.

Mastering Human Relationships by Brian Tracy of Brian Tracy.com.

The most important and the most highly paid form of intelligence in America is social intelligence, the ability to get along well with other people.

Fully 85% of your success in life is going to be determined by your social skills,

by your ability to interact positively

and effectively with others, and to get them to cooperate with you in helping you to achieve

your goals. Learning how to develop and maintain superior human relationships can do more for

your career and for your personal life than perhaps anything else you can accomplish. The bad news is that

the inability to get along with others is the primary reason for failure, frustration, and

unhappiness in life and work. According to one study, more than 95% of men and women let go from

their jobs over a 10-year period were fired because

of poor social skills rather than lack of competence or technical ability. According to psychologist

Sidney Gerard, most of your joy in life comes from your happy relationships with other people,

and most of your problems in life

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