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Enhancing Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the key to becoming resilient in this stressful world. Stress and its detrimental effects pervade our headlines. We are bombarded with a never-ending drove of articles on such topics as the economy, layoffs, holiday stress, academic stress, relationship ... Views: 1456
My clients frequently ask me how they can find happiness. While there are many elements that create happiness, I've noticed that a basic characteristic of people who are happy is healthy self-awareness.
Self-awareness refers to a deep understanding of who we are and what makes us tick. It ... Views: 1839
You have thousands of thoughts that float through your mind all day every day. How do you sort through them all to determine which thoughts are good ones? In other words, how do you know which thoughts will lead you to good outcomes? It’s hard to know. You can become attached to certain ... Views: 1539
A discussion about worrying and anxiety on a recent talk show
pointed out an interesting paradox. Most folks reading this
article are healthier, safer, and wealthier than people have been
at any time in the world's history, and yet research indicates a
significant increase in worrying and ... Views: 1660
Have you ever been lonely in a roomful of people?
Have you ever been perfectly content all alone?
Most people would answer yes to both questions
and yet a number of the same people complain of painful
chronic loneliness. What is loneliness?
Why are some people troubled with it so much ... Views: 3156
Giving and accepting criticism gracefully can be a tricky business.
Many a friendship or family relationship has foundered on the
shoals of major, minor, or even anticipated criticism. Performance
evaluations at school or work are minefields of misunderstood
criticism. What makes criticism ... Views: 1980
Originally written October 29, 2007. I'm dusting it off in anticipation of what's to come in 2008 - and perhaps beyond!
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"Dad, will you help me with my pumpkin?"
The thing I've been trying to avoid has just happen. How do you say no to your 11 year old who needs help getting the "guts" ... Views: 1307
How can organizations meet the challenge of getting people to work together more effectively? Is Emotional Intelligence (EQ – which actually stands for Emotional Quotient) the answer?
Research suggests that it is. A study by Yale University, for example, found that teams with high levels ... Views: 1445
One thing that life has taught me is that, if there is anything a man or woman, young or old must learn about life, it is learning how to stay calm, cool and collected in situations fraught with uncertainty and unpredictability. Let me rephrase it this way: if there is anything one must ... Views: 2021
"Our passion for productivity increasingly depends upon the productivity of our passions. We can't divorce commitment and caring from efficiency and effectiveness." — Michael Schrage, co-director of MIT Media Labs' e-market initiative and author of Serious Play
What gets people really ... Views: 1925
Right now, of course, you cannot turn on your radio, TV or computer without hearing endless chatter about the elections. That is to be expected in an election year.
Notice the energy right now. People who are advocating for their candidates are very intense, and that makes sense too. With an ... Views: 1039
Do you know what emotional intelligence (EI or EQ) is and how it can benefit your life? Do you know how to manage your emotion so you can propel yourself to the next level?
In short, do you have the EQ edge for success?
There’s so much talk about emotional intelligence and how it can ... Views: 2651
What is Leadership?
Leadership covers many skills including, the vision, influencing, change, confidence, motivation, strategy, integrity, personality indicators and more...
General
Many believe that 'leaders are born and not made'.
It may be useful to be born with certain qualities that ... Views: 1722
Do you find yourself at the mercy of your emotions, a victim of reaction, behaving in ways that you’re not proud of and often regret? Are you one of the millions of people who avoid conflict and confrontation because you don’t know how to deal with other people’s emotions? ... Views: 1906
“I am seen as a pillar of strength. I was brought up this way. I don’t show my emotions or to talk about the bad stuff going on in my life. When people ask how I’m doing, I say, ‘I’m fine.’ As a nurse, I am always there for others. I don’t want to have to ask for help or lean on others for ... Views: 1785
Every morning you get out of bed and go about your day. You say good bye to your spouse, get the kids off to school, and make your way to your job. At work, you attend meetings, greet customers, and chat with colleagues. Maybe you go to the gym a few times during the week. Weekends, you spend ... Views: 3279
A key element in creating a team is establishing trust. Most people are familiar with environments where trust is absent where you cannot simply be yourself for fear of reprisal or ridicule. So instead, you shrink, hide your true self and create a façade, play the game and work the political ... Views: 2195
Probably one of the hardest things we must do as leaders is to stay positive when everyone else around us is negative. It’s not easy to maintain a positive attitude and not be drained or consumed by the negativity that surrounds you. But as a leader, that’s exactly what you must do. ... Views: 2008
Consider the thoughts that go through your mind on a daily basis – the fears, doubts, criticisms, and judgments. If you knew that other people have the same thoughts about life, their mate, their kids, the organization, about their co-workers and bosses, and about themselves as you have, ... Views: 1842
In the last few decades, researchers have been identifying specific things that make people successful and have shown top achievers see life and behave in ways that we can learn. They use a set of skills that we could loosely call intelligence - emotional intelligence.
Broadly speaking, our ... Views: 1509
“In the world today there is plenty of technology, plenty of entrepreneurs, plenty of money, plenty of entry capital. What’s in short supply is great teams.”
John Doerr, Legendary Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist
Teams with high levels of EQ consistently outperform ... Views: 1765
EQ SUCCESS STORIES
IHHP - Institute for Health and Human Potential
Two years ago, John Gardner, Systems Engineering Manager at Medrad, a medical devices company, was recognized as someone with a high degree of technical skills and an ability to “get things done.”
But at what ... Views: 3078
Self awareness is truly the cornerstone of emotional intelligence. It underlies all the other aspects of self motivation and emotional intelligence.
Self awareness is about knowing one’s own emotions. It's about understanding your thinking patterns and knowing what thinking pattern you ... Views: 27290
By enhancing the Emotional Intelligence (EI) of its employees, an organization can successfully leverage two key trends identified in Patricia Aburdene’s Megatrends 2010: "The Wave of Conscious Solutions" and "Spirituality in Business." As we enter this new era welcoming the widespread ... Views: 1248
Many of us spend hours regularly processing emotions that we experience in our lives. It is in the belief that if we come to a place of resolve with them that we would be happier and/or be more present in our lives. Processing emotions is a skill that many have difficulty doing especially if ... Views: 1188
Are you aware that your company could be harboring a virus, potentially costing you millions of dollars annually? Negative emotions can be like a stealth virus that drains both financial and human resources from your company. And unless you've safeguarded everyone by developing their emotional ... Views: 1140
At past weekend I had great experience at how to fill yourself for several hours with positive energy and thoughts (I called that “emotional pumping”).
At Saturday I had very tough and unpleasant day. I’ll not delve into details, however, at Sunday I woke up in bad mood with ... Views: 729
Goleman showed that the benefits of developing Emotional Intelligence skills are quantifiable.(1) This true story illustrates the impact on the bottom line.
Joe's Story
Joe (not his real name) is the director of engineering for a company that invents methods to improve oil extraction and ... Views: 1292
Emotional intelligence is your ability, either innate or learned, to acquire and apply knowledge from your emotions and the emotions of others. Using this information, you can make better decisions about what to say or do (or not say or do) in any given situation.
The Emotional Intelligence ... Views: 1179
What is emotional freedom? You cannot change or control your emotions. You can learn to accept or release them; this is an emotional freedom definition.
Emotions control our thinking, behaviour and actions. They also affect our bodies.
When you have an emotion you all know that you can feel it ... Views: 1630
I recently received an email from a colleague who I haven't heard from in years. He reminded me that in the mid 80's I shared with him my model of factors affecting performance. He asked for another copy as he had given his last copy away to a corporate trainer while on a flight. After searching ... Views: 1172
Recently, we were designing a training program at the Institute for Health and Human Potential, and we began our meeting as we always do - by asking ourselves the question:
“What do we want people to be able to do differently after the program?”
It’s interesting that no matter ... Views: 4474
Have you ever been so embarrassed by your own inappropriate actions or words that you wanted to crawl in a hole and hide? Have you ever been forced to change or adapt, didn’t want to, felt totally frustrated by it, and seriously considered quitting? Have you ever been so angry at another ... Views: 1907
Endings are inevitable. There is nothing in physical reality that always stays the same. It is impossible. Some endings are wonderful and some are not so pretty, but they always mean the same thing—something new must be started. If endings are truly viewed as beginning, there is more happiness ... Views: 1627
Partnership Driving
Partnership Driving, is a method of driving in which the passenger is designated by the driver as a partner in driving. The two set up an informal contract between them that expresses the terms they mutually agreed on. The contract is for one trip only, and needs to be ... Views: 1529
It seems that the message “what you think about is what you create” is everywhere these days. It sounds great in theory, but for a lot of people it is difficult to translate or put into action. For some it just becomes a harsh reminder of what they are not creating in their lives. When a persons ... Views: 1521
Ms Jenni Wright from http://www.emotionalintelligenceaus.com talks about the Dalai Lama the torch relay and compassion.
The Dalai Lama has recently attended a five-day Seeds of Compassion conference. The conference featured dozens of workshops on various subjects, beginning with a panel ... Views: 1529
What kind of love are you talking about?
There are many forms of love that English has only has one word for which is 'love' and it gets bantered about indiscriminately. Greek has five, which are more descriptive:
Desire – Attraction (epithumia)
Longing – Romance (eros) ... Views: 7416
We all have a scenario of our life. We invent, adopt, are led by and measure ourselves against our personal narratives. These are, normally, commensurate with our personal histories, our predilections, our abilities, limitations, and our skills. We are not likely to invent a narrative which is ... Views: 5497
You can learn to enjoy yourself pursuing relationships if you know the secrets to relating and practice them. Beyond a common sense clean physical presentation (you should know most women like this), the essential secret is to be yourself.
When you hear this, do you usually start imaging how ... Views: 1722
“If he can control his emotions today…..he can win this tournament.”
If you’re a golfer, you’ve heard broadcasters announce this many times before the final round of a
professional golf event. The statement is a very strong endorsement for what’s important to ... Views: 1401
Emotional Intelligence has been found to be the critical success factor for leaders when compared with their Intelligence (IQ) and technical expertise. The further a leader goes up in an organization the more they need Emotional Intelligence. Emotionally Intelligent leaders know and manage ... Views: 4115
Being members of Selfgrowth puts us in a unique position of appreciating the power of social networking, and networking sites like Ecademy, LinkedIn, and Facebook. So what is the power of social networking?
Well those in the know say it is about forming relationships. OK then what? Well then ... Views: 3435
In our effort to balance very full and hectic lives with our families and our jobs, we may have been neglecting an all-important facet of our child’s life: their emotional well-being. The first three years of a child’s life is a critical time for a child, and the trauma of changing ... Views: 1301
When I was invited to participate as a contributing editor in an internet newsletter, I was all at once flattered, enormously thrilled, and instantly filled with absolute panic! My mind suddenly went on overload. I heard myself thinking, "I don't know anything! How can I write about something ... Views: 1387
Have you ever been asked the question, “What’s your aim in life?”
Have you ever understood what the person asking the question meant?
It’s quite a powerful question because it is a pretty direct and incisive way to ascertain what your purpose in life is and what you aim to achieve as a goal. ... Views: 20436
I learned this morning one more time - how important it is to pay attention to my thoughts and feelings.
It happened as I was looking at the barriers I've put up to 'receiving'.
I was curious to know why I don't receive more love, more success, etc. I knew I must be blocking so much of ... Views: 1819
Without Fear or Favor
There is an old joke about a man who went to India and spent all
day, every day swinging a live tiger by the tail around and
around in a circle above his head.
When a passer-by asked him what he was doing, he said "I'm
keeping away the lions."
This confused the ... Views: 1365
Emotions are a great gift. Because of our sensory capacity to feel, the world is richer. It has texture. These sensory responses in turn let us know when and how we should act. Emotion is after all, related to motion, or movement. For many of us, emotions are a confusing thing. We sense too ... Views: 2480
People who excel in life are said to be emotionally intelligent. This means you have greater self-control, compassion and awareness for other people’s feelings in relation to your own.
There are several parameters to determine your EI Quotient. The following are the guidelines to ... Views: 9144