Believe in Yourself

“We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.”
- Orison Swett Marden
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience [...]

Feelings are the Key!

Helping you understand how emotions have a direct and profound effect on how well you perform on the job and in life, this book presents great techniques to advance emotional self-awareness and tips on building self-esteem and confidence.
- By Jeff Feldman and Karl Mulle (Books24×7)
Put Emotional Intelligence to Work: Equip Yourself for Success

Waving Wednesday

The #1 easiest way to bring a smile to someone’s face, with the least effort from you, is to WAVE to them. Yes, just smile a bit and move your hand back and forth, and PRESTO! you could make someone’s day.
So, it’s Waving Wednesday.
Wave to someone you don’t know.
Everyone wins.

Caring for Ourselves, first

When we truly care for ourselves, it becomes possible to care far more profoundly about other people. The more alert and sensitive we are to our own needs, the more loving and generous we can be towards others.
- Eda LeShan
Anything good for you brings out the best in you and does not force you to [...]

Anger Management Skills That Work

Anger issues affect individuals from childhood to adulthood, and it is necessary to teach anger management skills that work for every age group.
One skill that tends to help people deal with negative emotions is acupressure….
Adopting positive anger management skills might involve keeping a journal….
Removing yourself from a threatening situation might eliminate the problem….
Adopting anger [...]

Get High on Happiness

‘Knowing Thyself’ Can Lead to Happiness
Powerful tools to a joyous life are being in touch with your inner self, God, and spirituality.
Imagine you bought a new car and after six months it starts to get very sluggish. You take it to the mechanic and he recommends a good wash and wax.
“What? Are you [...]

Understanding Emotions Improves Our Food Choices

Pictures Of Hot Fudge Sundaes Arouse Emotions!
Authors Blair Kidwell, David M. Hardesty, and Terry L. Childers (all University of Kentucky) examined the “emotional intelligence” of consumers, including obese people. They found that people who made the healthiest choices had high correlations between their emotional intelligence and confidence in their emotional intelligence—what the authors call “emotional [...]

Who uses Emotional Intelligence in Business?

The answer … we all do!
Our emotions help us to adapt and make sense of situations.
The evidence that an individual’s feelings affects others and that these feelings in turn affect performance highlights the importance of being aware of and managing our emotions. Leaders, salespeople, parents – anyone concerned with their influence on others.
Individuals Are [...]

CEOs Value EQ over IQ

“How bosses train to be the best”
Generally, CEOs assume there is a certain base level of IQ among all corporate leaders. Most therefore value emotional intelligence (EQ) over IQ as a way of discriminating between great leaders. However, with a few notable exceptions, CEOs do not have a deep understanding of emotional intelligence and have [...]

To love and Be loved

There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
- George Sand

Emotions

“No other personal characteristic of the Self has such a clear line of connection to the Soul than emotions.”
“Anger is a legitimate feeling and emotional expression. We can use anger to help and heal or we can use anger to manipulate and destroy. Anger can distance us from others. Anger can connect us to others. [...]

Choices

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.
- Wayne Dyer
This may be new information for some folks! But it’s true that we are where we are, and who we are, due to the choices we have made in the past. We may be pleased with some of [...]

Learn to be Aware

“You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself.”
- Beryl Markham
Who am I? What’s important to me? What do I feel strongest about? To answer this, we must first learn to become more aware of ourselves and our feelings. [...]

Spam Posts

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I’m in contact with TypePad tech support, and we’re taking every step to try to stop it, but have been unsuccessful so far.
If you’re a Feedblitz subscriber who gets an email of each past, please bear with us as we get this security breach plugged and ths [...]