Practicing Emotional Intelligence During the Holidays
Bob Bates on Mon, 11/12/2007 - 12:12pm.
The holidays are upon us. Yikes. I’ve barely just taken off my Halloween costume. As I was thinking about what I might write about for this weeks article, I ran across an article written by a colleague and friend, Josh Freedman. Josh is the founder and COO of 6Seconds Emotional Intelligence.
A few months ago, I wrote about the role of emotional intelligence (EQ) in helping all of us meet our goals for fitness, weight loss and overall health. Well, if there was ever a time of year where our emotional intelligence is put to a test, it’s now! Whether it’s to stay on track with your wellness objectives during the next couple of months or to just “feel better” during this stressful time of year, you will find some great wisdom and practical advice in Josh’s article. He has kindly given me permission to reprint it here. I’ve also included information on how learn more information on 6Seconds Emotional Intelligence and how to reach me if you’d like your own individualized, EQ assessment.
Here is Tips for an EQ Holiday as it first appeared on 6seconds.org
in her wonderful Thriving blog, Tessy Britton writes:
Josh Freedman has finally written THE book. After over a decade of teaching hundreds of professionals in education and business how to practically develop their emotional intelligence Josh has written a guide that is now available to everyone.
http://thrivingitsallgood.blogspot.com/2007/08/at-heart-of-everything.html
Thank you Thriving!!
One of our important research studies shows that emotional intelligence is critical to effectiveness, health, relationships, and quality of life. The white paper is on the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment site:
White Paper: EQ and Success: SEI predicts 54.79% of critical success factors
And here on ZD Net:
White Paper: Emotional Intelligence and Performance, from Six Seconds - White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - ZDNet
Post on Get Happy, Be Happy, Stay Happy!, 4/5/07 about our EQ Planet Podcast with Candace Pert.
Post from Reading for Leading on Developing Emotional Intelligence in Times of Adversity
I was struck by the power of the following “brainstormed” list, from a group of Emotional Intelligence (EI) practitioners, planning an EI conference. The list came after they were asked to recall “an experience where you learned an important lesson about your own EQ [emotional quotient, like IQ], or increased your EQ meaningfully.” They were then asked this question:
“What was present to make it happen?”
10/5/06: “Gini Nelson’s Engaging Conflicts” - blog post on a Six Seconds campaign for EQ awareness.
