The Fire Drill and The Locker Room: Matching Emotional Intensity
Sometimes people can find themselves in a working environment that doesn’t quite “fit” with their natural style of communication, whether that style is a function of their personality, communication...
View ArticleEmotional Intelligence: It’s Not About the Nail
This very short video by Jason Headley is brilliant… and LOL-worthy: Woman: “It’s just… sometimes…it’s… like… there’s this achy… I don’t what it is…” [waves hands around forehead area] Man: “…”...
View ArticleNo Pain, No Gain: Building Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
When is the last time you let yourself get hurt, so that you could grow? Becoming more emotionally intelligent and resilient — dealing with the hard knocks of life, managing your own state more...
View ArticleSituational self-leadership: Raising the ceiling and floor of performance
How high of a standard do we hold for ourselves? …and how does that standard help or hamper our ability to succeed at whatever aspect of our life we’re looking to improve? The following graph depicts a...
View ArticleTurning Pain into Pleasure
(#23 of 27, continuing on the discussion of how optimists and pessimists choose to use their memory and imagination) A smart optimist knows that it would be a mistake to blithely tell someone who is in...
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