Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers
Have you ever known something to be true, only to find out you were completely wrong? I’ve had arguments with people where half-way through I figured out I was wrong, but I still held my ground because of my commitment to winning.
It’s time to learn how to create and keep an open mind so that you are flexible in all of life’s challenges.
“Knowing” something limits what more you can know, but admitting that you don’t know everything opens the the door to endless possibilities.
Emotions rise up from our core, where we are both most vulnerable and powerful. When we can live from this core place inside of us we can be authentic. When that happens we are empowered to be our true selves.
Align your thoughts and feelings with your behavior and you have a recipe for true success in your life. [Read more…]
Emotional triggers are the surprises that we get when someone we love or a situation causes us to have a reaction that we haven’t processed yet.
For example, if you were yelled at as a child and you attached being yelled at to fear, you might get triggered as an adult when you are near someone yelling.
Triggers are typically childhood beliefs that aren’t necessarily true anymore and need to be addressed to save your relationships. Once you release your old triggers, you can view the world from an entirely different place instead of through the eyes of a fearful child.
Presence is that state where the past doesn’t exist, and the future hasn’t been written. It’s what’s in the now.
Eckhart Tolle and many other spiritual teachers talk about it. It’s that place where past hurts and future worries seem to dissolve, so that you can experience what’s really happening instead of the picture your mind is painting of reality.
It’s clarity. And it’s what we’re here to talk about today.
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Giving doesn’t have to be self-sacrifice, it can be warm and wonderful. But we all have a limit to what we give. Whether we’re talking about money, time or energy, giving comes from two places: Ego and / or Compassion.
Giving from compassion gets instant returns of good feelings. Giving from the ego gets a quick high or a quick low, but nothing long-lasting.
Learning to give to yourself first and foremost is how you give to others. How? Listen and find out!
