1. You learn to cultivate the callers who increase your average as they take you through long stories of crisis and loneliness.
    你得学会培养电话来访人，因为正是他们向你倾诉他们的危机和孤独时，那冗长的故事才能增加你的平均通话长度。

2. On the other hand, parents happy to take a child step by step through an argument, encouraging him or her to explore ideas, will cultivate an open and creative thinking style.
    从另一方面来说，乐意与孩子作一步一步深入的论证，鼓励子女探索各种想法，这样的父母会培养出开放的、有创见的思维方式。

3. If the evolutionary pressures of the marketplace are making EQ, not IQ, the hot ticket for business success, it seems likely that individuals will want to know how to cultivate it.
    如果说市场的进化发展所造成的压力使得情商，而不是智商，成为企业走向成功的通行证，那么，人们似乎很可能希望懂得如何培养情商。