If you could deliver a brief message to half a million people people, what would you say? Facing this challenge helped me clarify the simplicity of how we can actually APPLY emotional intelligence to create positive change.
May 162013
May 152013
I am a recovering pessimist. For over thirty years, I have been practicing the skills of optimism. It began with a traumatic divorce, which was wearing me to the ground. In addition, I was very concerned about my ten-year son, who was depressed by the multiple tensions floating in the house. Emotions were at an [...]
May 042013
Recent meeting… opposing views… EQ trainwreck. SO easy to prevent with this ridiculously easy way to gain agreement. Keep it RAW. The first step is
May 012013
What does it take to solve our most challenging conflicts? The Founder and Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program says “Emotional intelligence is essential.”
Apr 262013
How do you put emotional intelligence into action? From our certified practitioners all around the world, here are practical tips to increase self-awareness — the first step to EQ!
Apr 242013
As we’ve grieved and hoped with feeling people around the world, many of Six Seconds’ team members have been struck by a sad paradox. At the very same time that emotional intelligence leaders from around the world are committing to come to the Harvard campus in June, we watched the Boston Marathon crimes playing out. [...]
Apr 242013
My favorite picture book (sadly out of print) has fourteen words in it. I reread it frequently and share it often with others. It is the story of a tiny mouse whose job it is to move a gigantic purple elephant. He tries pulling, pushing, bribing with peanuts, and crying, all to no avail. Finally, [...]
Apr 222013
Despite increasing awareness of environmentalism, the problems worsen. The solution may lie in better understanding of human emotion – the subject of a conference at Harvard University in June.
Apr 172013
You may know of my life theme to promote conscious acts of kindness as a daily practice. The idea is for you to actively take kind, compassionate actions day in, day out as a way to promote not just greater well-being in the life and soul of the recipient but in you too. My mission [...]
Apr 102013
This brief video illustrates three essential facts about feelings — that will help everyone gain insight and energy to live and lead.