Category Archives: Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence Workshop
Upcoming Workshop
Thursday, September 25th - 8:30am to 11:00am
Emotional Intelligence:
People Skills for the Business World…How can you stand out?!
Enterprise Center, 121 Loring Ave, Salem MA 01970
Emotional Intelligence (EI) describes an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of one’s self, of others, and of groups. Self-awareness, self-management social awareness and [...]
The Power of Your Battle
“When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever.
As long as you’re fighting it, you’re giving it power.”
Anthony de Mello
What are you waging war against?
What struggle, issue, battle or injustice are you dragging around with you…
day after day…
month after month…
and, for some,
decade after decade?
Some are very busy with what went wrong…
what didn’t happen (and should [...]
Credit and Blame…
“Take your life in your own hands and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
Erica Jong
I have had two very interesting exchanges with people recently, both cases were with people that were trying to convince me (which meant that they were trying to convince themselves), that they had no control around something in their [...]
If you have it, give it
“Feeling gratitude
and not expressing it,
is like wrapping a present
and not giving it.”
William Arthur Ward
I’m going to say something that may surprise you.
You may actually (initially) disagree, but if you were to conduct your own experiment, you would find that this is true, for most (if not all!) people.
When you ask someone how they [...]
Appreciating another…
“If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you’ve made me smile,
the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.”
Author Unknown
Life is made up of people.
Our highs and lows in life can be attributed to those that we share our world with…
People bring us happiness beyond what we [...]
Emotional Intelligence
“You and I do not see things as they are.
We see things as we are.”
Herb Cohen
Emotional Intelligence, or EQ, is an amazing framework for assessing
the most important factor in your personal and professional life….
YOU.
We all experience life, and all of our relationships and interactions in it,
through an individual lens, or filter.
This lens frames every [...]
Courage
“Courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgment that something else
is more important
than fear.”
Ambrose Redmoon
When you’re driving, you can’t always see what’s coming on the road, can you?
But yet you keep moving forward.
You drive, and you trust that even when you can’t see what is ahead,
you know that there is a road,
and that [...]
Thanking the challenges….
“When I’m having trouble with someone,
it’s a sure sign that person is exactly the gift I am needed in my life.
Sometimes it takes me years to write the thank you note though!”
Unknown
She was recently challenged in a way that pushed her to question all that she was,
and all that she wanted.
She was angry about being [...]
What do you do after you hit the ball?
You hit the ball, now what happens?
You wait for the ball to come back to you, right?
Suppose it doesn’t?
Do you hit another one?
Two more?
Seven more?
Probably not.
You wouldn’t keep hitting balls over the net, because you know that’s not how the game is played.
There wouldn’t BE a game if it was only you playing.
The ball goes [...]
Why is it so hard to say YES to saying NO…?!
Saying No…is there anything that feels harder to do?
Setting limits
Holding firm to boundaries
Being clear about what you will/won’t do…
This is the stuff that headaches, guilt, resentment, frustration (and therapy!) are made of!
Ask yourself if you’re doing something because you want to, and because it’s important to you, or if you’re doing it because you can’t [...]