Grow Your Emotional Intelligence
Strengthen your relationship with yourself and others for personal and professional success.
We support you to thrive with emotional intelligence.
Did you know that research links emotional intelligence to critical life success factors, such as better effectiveness, stronger relationships, more wellbeing and a higher quality of life? EQ is 2x as predictive of performance as IQ, and these are measurable, learnable skills that you can improve at any age. Get trained at Unlocking EQ and EQ Practitioner and invest in your own future success.
Do you want?
• Stronger relationships
• More effectiveness
• Greater wellbeing
• Better quality of life
Get started today learning and practicing emotional intelligence.
Find your focus and purpose
with emotional intelligence.
Our nonprofit mission is growing the world’s emotional intelligence. Let us support you to find more insight, connection and purpose with proven tools & methods for learning and practicing emotional intelligence.

Why emotional intelligence?
Explore the life outcomes correlated with higher EQ.
Stronger Relationships
Build and maintain networks of healthy, sustainable relationships based on mutual respect.
Greater Wellbeing
Find more balance and invest in your physical, mental and emotional health.
More Effectiveness
Increase your capacity to set and achieve goals for yourself, personally and professionally.
Better Quality of Life
Exceed your goals, and increase overall achievement and satisfaction in your life.
Before you read on, we thought you might like to download our free Practicing EQ eBook. These evidence-based exercises will not only enhance your ability to understand and work with your emotions, but will also give you the tools to foster the emotional intelligence of your clients, students or employees.
3 Steps to Grow Your
Emotional Intelligence
1. Join Unlocking EQ
Dive into Six Seconds’ powerful methodology and learn why, what, & how emotional intelligence works. Unlocking EQ is an introductory course and a prerequisite for all Six Seconds advanced certifications.
Two 1.5 hour sessions, live online from the comfort of your home or office.
2. Go Deeper with Practitioner Certification.
Who do you want to be?
Clarify your purpose and most important goals. Explore your patterns and self-limiting beliefs. Make better decisions by evaluating all your options. Leave with an in-depth understanding of emotional intelligence and practical new tools to apply immediately in your life. Set yourself on the path of personal and professional success as a Certified EQ Practitioner.
3. Tell us about your goals
How can we support you?
Our mission is growing the world’s emotional intelligence. If you’re interested in growing your own EQ, please don’t hesitate to reach out and we’d love to welcome you into the Six Seconds Community.
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EQ Stories: Coaching a Career Change
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Want to increase your level of trust with someone? The first step to earning trust is to make sure that you are fully trustworthy – and also perceived that way. Check yourself against the 4Cs of trust.
The EQ and IQ Debate: Which Is Better? Honestly, It’s the Wrong Question.
After 100 years of research, there’s little agreement on the definition of intelligence or how to measure IQ. Yet Adam Grant insists cognitive skill trumps all, and “Emotional Intelligence Is Overrated.” His critique is wrong, but important.
Talk About Great Leaders: Contexts for Performance
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