Apply Consequential Thinking is one of the core competencies in the Six Seconds Model of Emotional Intelligence. It’s defined as evaluating the costs and benefits of your choices. By pausing, evaluating and responding, rather than reacting on autopilot, we can make better decisions and live more meaningful lives.
Sometimes we leap before we look… and make decisions we regret. How do we avoid this trap? It’s an EQ skill called “Apply Consequential Thinking” and here’s the essence.
Read MoreWhen coaching clients say, “I KNOW this, but I’m still having trouble changing…” Here’s what drives that system, and simply effective tools to get unstuck.
Read MoreRecent research suggests those with a morning ritual feel that their life is more meaningful. Set your daily intention by building a morning ritual… here’s how.
Read More“It’s useful to know it’s a choice worth making.” The results from an 80-year-long research study clearly identify what we should focus on for a long and fulfilled life.
Read MoreIt’s prickly, but it’s worth it. Learn more about your own limiting belief + tools for working through it, all thanks to the person who most annoys you. Take this moment to learn compassion- for yourself and for them.
Read MoreWant to know how to practice emotional intelligence? Here are 10 expert tips from our worldwide network to choose yourself more effectively.
Read MoreA life coach shares her approach to practicing a life full of vision, meaning, and treasure hunts.
Read MoreThis Valentine’s Day, I am two-weeks post-surgery. No fancy dinners or moonlit walks on the beach for me. But don’t worry, I am still being extravagantly loved in the most emotionally intelligent way.
Read MoreStress kills… or does it? In the light of new neuroscience, maybe it’s time rethink stress – which might just save your life.
Read MoreWhat makes a powerful question? Teachers, coaches, parents who want to generate deeper thinking need to know these three levels – with video.
Read MoreHow to effectively resolve conflict? “Emotional intelligence is essential,” says Daniel Shapiro, Harvard International Negotiation Program.
Read MoreThe use of power is central to our interactions as leaders, coaches, parents, and change agents. To be more effective, emotional intelligence will help us understand and tune up our own use of power and the ways people react to that. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of different forms of power. All of these “work” in some sense. If they generate certain desired there are “benefits.” At the same time, each produces unwanted side effects, called “costs.” What are some of the forms of power that you have, and that you exercise? What happens when you exercise these different forms of power? What price do you pay for each such use?
Read MoreIn this speech, Six Seconds’ Chairman Karen McCown shares the definition, process, and purpose of teaching emotional intelligence. Karen founded the renown Nueva School in 1967 as a laboratory for integrating academic and emotional development for gifted children (it went on to win two Federal Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education).
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