Author page for Joshua Freedman
- Josh's Profile:
- I am the COO of Six Seconds and part of the founding team. Before Six Seconds I was a teacher, I've also been a manager and entrepreneur. I'm interested in EQ because I've found emotions to be challenging and scary, I'm scared of being overwhelmed and out of control, I'm challenged to do and say what I mean in my "heart of heart" rather than reacting with blame and anger. My latest book is At the Heart of Leadership
- More about Josh:
- http://6seconds.org/about/freedman.php
Posts by Josh:
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6S Network Meeting in Italy,
13 May 2008
Last weekend we had our first Six Seconds EQ Network meeting in Italy. Max Ghini (Director of the 6S-Italia office) and I presented - here’s Max (and look at the lovely room in the basement of an old old building, just off the main square of Bologna):
And me… I talked about using emotions […]
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Podcast: Good Sad - Finding Moments of Hope,
04 May 2008
I was talking with my dad about feeling sad and hopeless about his cancer. “On the one hand,” he said, “I know every day is a blessing and there’s so much to be grateful for. But that seems so abstract. So far away right now.” Here are some thoughts about feeling […]
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Podcast: Social Emotional Cultural Intelligence at Indian,
27 Apr 2008
Observing a scene play out between a waitress and an Indian family gives rise to reflections about emotions as a doorway to social and cultural intelligence.
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Freedom and Love,
18 Apr 2008
Dear ones,
Tomorrow the Jewish holiday of Passover begins, so I’ve been thinking about freedom and about love.
Passover commemorates the time when Jews were enslaved in Egypt and then Gd, through Moses, led them to forge a path toward freedom. Moses didn’t want the job — he felt unqualified, incapable… uncertain and hopeless, but he chose […]
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Jasmine, Insecurity, and Being Stuck,
12 Apr 2008
It feels like summertime here - glorious, peaceful, and relaxed. The scent of jasmine is pouring in through my office windows along with the gently cooling evening air.
Yesterday I was talking with a client/friend about where he needs to put energy in his business. Hands down: “relationships.” Reaching out and connecting, mostly externally […]
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Randy Pausch Reprise - Gratitude, Humility, and Commitment,
07 Apr 2008
A few months ago I blogged about Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” about Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. He didn’t use these words, but he talked all about what we call emotional intelligence. Here’s a reprise he gave on Oprah:
Plus here are a ton of other videos about Randy.
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“Keeping Emotions in Check” on NBC’s Today Show,
26 Mar 2008
Well I had an absolute blast appearing on the Today Show. It was literally a circus there (the circus was on the show before me…) and the energy was amazing.
The five minute discussion went by so fast. When I got off set, I actually had no idea what I’d said, it was such a […]
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Rational Thinking = Better Decisions? Not.,
13 Mar 2008
A new study released in Applied Psychology found that people with a highly rational thinking style actually became more biased as the stakes went up. The authors suggest that in an escalating situation, the highly analytical thinkers were less able to tune into the dissonance that would cause them to challenge their own assumptions.
In other […]
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Experimenting on Students,
06 Mar 2008
Recently I read a critique of the “SEAL” initiative in the UK, a government mandate to ensure all students systematically and consistently learn about emotions. The critique is poorly grounded, sensational, and self-promotional — but there was one point that’s been hovering. It said, in essence: This approach has never been fully […]
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Intelligent About Emotions,
29 Feb 2008
After finishing the “Emotoscope” ap for Facebook I was shaking dust from my brain to come up w/ another fun way for people to learn about feelings. Said to Patty (my wife), “How about a cool online EQ jeopardy game?”
“Boring” - she said it more delicately. “I mean, what would you ask?” **
Emma […]
