While candor in the workplace can be valuable, not every thought should be voiced immediately (or maybe, ever), especially in an emotionally-charged situation. What should you do instead? Press the pause button. Emotionally intelligent people understand the power of taking a beat to digest and consider information before responding to it. When you give yourself a moment to pause, you prevent saying something you'll later regret. Try counting to ten in your head or even taking a short walk so you can gain clarity, and calmly decide how to proceed. Or adopt a trick author Justin Bariso learned from comedian Craig Ferguson, and get into the habit of asking yourself these three questions: Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said by me? Does this need to be said by me now? #communication #emotionalintelligence #EQ …see more