by Joshua Freedman | Jun 9, 2019
My Noble Goal is… To inspire sustainable joy My work is about… To make helpful information about emotional intelligence accessible to all. Professional accomplishments include… I am the author of hundreds of blog posts and case studies on emotional intelligence (please see the archive). A few past experiences… Before joining Six Seconds, I worked on an organic farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. I also traveled widely with my lovely w…
by Joshua Freedman | Jul 10, 2019
My Noble Goal is… To nurture and inspire my SELF and others to create a more caring world. My work is about… Supporting the Coaching Community around the world as we share our unique EQ perspective. Professional accomplishments include… I am the co-creator of the EQ Coach Certification with Josh Freeman. This ICF Certified ACTP has informed my next steps in adding EQ to the world of Coaching. I have built a practice within Six Seconds and also…
by Joshua Freedman | Aug 3, 2008 | EQ Business |
Our society, especially in business, seems fixated on “behavior” as a magic solution. For example, recently I was talking to a potential client about a leadership development program and he wanted to know what “EQ behaviors” the participants would learn. Talking about the behavior is an easy short-hand. We want leaders to be proactive, to engage, to give feedback, to listen, to hold people accountable, to execute. All behaviors that sound great o…
by Joshua Freedman | Dec 28, 2023 | EQ Life, Six Seconds |
…en more expensive gym membership. ” content_phone=” This is useful if your goal is to build a wall around your heart. To step back from compassion into self-protection. To narrow your vision toward survival. It’s why so many politicians love to stir up these feelings: They make us, individually and collectively, weak and manipulable because they motivate us away from innovation, risk, and collaboration. Yet if we want to stretch our wings and grow……Why do New Year’s resolutions nearly always fail? And what can we do to make them stick? Explore the neuroscience of change and motivation….
by Maria Jackson | Dec 15, 2018 | EQ Life, Six Seconds |
…tice as a birth doula, but she has difficulty effectively focusing on this goal. So she might choose the words ‘birth doula’. 2: Make the sticker. Find a piece of paper + draw/ cut out a circle as your ‘sticker’. Better yet, if you have a sticky-note close by, cut out the part that is sticky to make a real sticker! Write down or draw a representation of your destination. Get creative or stay simple—the goal is to clarify your path in a concrete wa……Take a moment to clarify your (emotional, professional, physical) destination + represent it in a fun way….
by Joshua Freedman | Nov 12, 2016 | EQ Education, EQ Life, EQ Parenting |
…When feelings run hot, how can we use emotional intelligence to fuel our commitment for positive change… and support children to create a better world?…
by Joshua Freedman | Mar 21, 2009 | EQ Life, EQ Parenting |
This week we watched the Star Wars trilogy as a family – first time for Emma and Max. Return of the Jedi was today. A couple of comments that followed up from the discussion of Satyagraha. Tucking into bed, Max, 7: “Remember when Luke made C3P0 fly, and then C3p0 said, ‘I didn’t know I could do that,’ and then Luke said, ‘I didn’t either,’ Luke was making C3P0 good. Like you said you can make people good or make them bad, and Luke made him good.”…
