Left Kuala Lumpur today for Macao – then took the ferry to Hong Kong. Am I in a James Bond movie or what?? Only this time the bad guy has an evil plot to create a world where people are cogs who shop instead of talk, and drown their loneliness in mindless TV and brutal escapist games. Oh wait – that’s not fiction… And I’m not quite a tall as James Bond, nor do I like martinis. Ah well.
Is “exotic” a feeling? Today’s travels feel exotic – and also remarkably easy, especially with such great colleagues in all these places. It’s such a gift to be able to adventure around the globe and see people deeply committed to helping people wake up and care. We have challenges everywhere – but we also have allies.
Hong Kong is a perfect place for an emotional intelligence revolution. It’s a bustling, magnificent, diverse city where people are moving fast. Full of entrepreneurs and great food – all packed together. What an amazing world we live in!
Joshua Freedman
Part of the Six Seconds' founding team, Josh is one of the world leading experts on emotions, change, and performance. One of a handful of people with proven experience creating organizational performance through EQ, Freedman leads a world-wide network of EQ change agents. (sd)
It seems to me that “exotic” is more likely to be a thought, eg you think “Hong Kong is exotic, “this is an exotic place”, etc.
The feeling would be more with how do you feel being in somewhere that you call and think is exotic? Are you excited? ecstatic? anxious? overwhelmed? nourished? delighted? stoked?
I hope one day to produce a series of emotional dictionaries that help clarify this … but I’m in no hurry I started, and stopped, it is, as you know, a very difficult task! Maybe a trip to Hong Kong would be more better!
Happy travels
Rachel Green.
http://www.rachelgreen.com/emotional-intelligence.html
Hi Joshua,
So glad that you are spreading this vital information around the globe! I am just beginning my doctoral studies (Organization & Management)and I am writing my first two papers on emotional intelligence!
I have been following emotional intelligence since 1999, when I received my first book on the subject. Please feel free to keep me in mind for certification scholarships!
Best Regards,
Coretta Jackson, MBA
http://businessethos.com/solutions/