I read an article this weekend that described Bhutan (a tiny Himalayan country) as the Happiest Place on Earth. I was intrigued and wanted to know more and I went searching. I found that Bhutan measures its wealth in terms of Gross National Happiness (or GNH) rather than Gross Domestic Product (or GDP). This means [...]
In January, 2009, Flight 1549 crash-landed on the Hudson River in New York — Ric Elias was in the front row. This is a compelling 5-min TED Talk about what went through his head once he realized the plane was going to crash. It will be no surprise that these moments were about what really [...]
I’ve just arrived in Dubai – I still find it somewhat incomprensible that I can settle into a book, take a nap (not v comfortable), do a little work, and end up on the other side of the world. It doesn’t, somehow, feel real. I’m in that post-flight fuzz-state, a kind of delirium what some [...]
In SEI Cert class today, Yoshimi said she really liked what I said about Pursue Noble Goals, so I’ll try to recreate it: Pursuing a Noble Goal isn’t about taking some “lofty” action in the future. It’s about understanding why we might do such a thing, then putting that “why” in action today in “everyday” [...]
So, I know you’ve probably heard it everywhere in the last few days. I have too. What will we do differently this year? Now, I’m not usually one for New Years resolutions, mostly because I feel like I make changes in my life when they’re necessary and it doesn’t generally correspond with a tidy date. [...]
In the Six Seconds EQ Model, the “capstone” is a competency we call “Pursue Noble Goals.” Members of the Six Seconds’ team were discussing this last week, and reflecting that especially in “tough times” it’s easy to feel stuck and have a sense that the work you really want to do is occluded by the [...]
Making great progress since my surgery last week. Today I was up at our new house with the contractors, outside on the phone, and at my desk a lot. Yay! Yesterday had a funny moment with Max (who’s now 8): After a busy morning, I ended up SOUND asleep on the couch. I managed to [...]
I love this Manifesto. A lot of this is familiar, but I like how he has managed the principles based on the 24 Character strengths and virtues from Positive Psychology. Essentially Michael Lee Stallard describes how our individual efforts can bring about good organisational climates… I particularly like to include schools in this…. The bottom [...]
A few months ago I blogged about Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” about Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. He didn’t use these words, but he talked all about what we call emotional intelligence. Here’s a reprise he gave on Oprah: Plus here are a ton of other videos about Randy.
Lately, I have been thinking about values and EI so I started to re-read some of the earlier writing on the theory. These abilities are to be used to promote emotional growth and development. People high on EI are not masters of the universe, nor do they rise to the top of the corporate heap. [...]