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We've all experienced how emotions can be challenging - and delightful! The trick is to be smart with feelings. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the essential ingredient to do so - a learnable set of practical life skills that make a tremendous difference at work, at school, and at home.
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Assent, Dissent, Descent Recently...
I told Emma (8-year-old daughter) she needed to get dressed to go. Instant protest, heel-dragging, power struggle. Yet we were goin... More
EQ on NBC's Today Show Six Seconds' COO, Joshua Freedman, appeared on NBC's Today Show to discuss how emotional intelligence helps relationships (clip below). The segm... MoreEmotional Intelligence Conference
Choose to Change: Emotional Intelligence in Action
Oct 3-4, San Jose CA - Six Seconds' Peer:Peer Conference
Choose to Change is a "peer-to-pe... MoreNew Study Shows Emotional Intelligence Reduces Stress and Predicts 66% of Key Su Researchers found that healthcare professional high in emotional intelligence are far more effective in a number of key performance areas including st... MoreFeeling Finder How do you really feel? And what does it mean?
Our new "emotoscope" helps you scope out and understand your feelings. Why? ... MoreSix Seconds in ASTD's Training & Development magazine New article on emotional intelligence features discussion with Six Seconds' COO, Joshua Freedman, sharing how and why EQ is key for businesses. &... More
6S Network Meeting in Italy Last weekend we had our first Six Seconds EQ Network meeting in Italy. Max Ghini (Director of the 6S-Italia office) and I presented - here's Max (and look at the lovely room in the basement of an old old building, just off the main square of Bologna): And me... ...
Podcast: Good Sad - Finding Moments of Hope I was talking with my dad about feeling sad and hopeless about his cancer. "On the one hand," he said, "I know every day is a blessing and there's so much to be grateful for. But that seems so abstract. So far away right now." Here ...
Why work? Did you see the little blurb in the Sunday NY Times business section? MBA students from the top 15 schools were asked to select the 3 topo factors they wanted in a job. 1 was 'challenging job responsibilities". The second was money - not the first as many think. Work-life ...
Podcast: Social Emotional Cultural Intelligence at Indian Observing a scene play out between a waitress and an Indian family gives rise to reflections about emotions as a doorway to social and cultural intelligence. 160 display podcast 160 .::.Bookmark