We need to double down on fewer, but more authentic, more battle tested relationships, says David Nour, podcast host, executive coach, and author of more than 10 books, including his most recent: Curve Benders. The most influential and successful leaders are the most self-aware, he says. They are people who stop letting things happen to them and instead plan ahead and take ownership of their emotions, actions and how they're coming across to those around them.

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