Archive for May, 2008

Emotional intelligence includes having clarity of intention. Having clarity of intention results in more energy and resourcefulness. And that means more resilience in the face of problems, change, and turbulence. Resilience means we can handle turbulence and bounce back. To be resilient and resourceful, we need to ask ourselves in each new situation: – What [...]

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill. What are you giving? Are you interested in new ways to give? Here are some possibilities. Give to your favorite non-profit. Can you serve food at a homeless shelter? Or serve on their Board of Directors? [...]

Tara Brach in her book, Radical Acceptance, on p. 24, tells this story: “Mohini was a regal white tiger who lived for many years at the Washington, D.C. Zoo. for most of those years her home was in the old lion house – a typical twelve-by-twelve-foot cage with iron bars and a cement floor. Mohini [...]

Resilient person: The following true story is about a resilient person described in the excellent book on resilience, The Survivor Personality by Al Siebert, pages 2-3. This is a true story of someone turning a devastating blow into good fortune. In 1926 a 25 year old illustrator and one of his older brothers started a [...]

As I wrote in the prior blog post, we all have biases that filter much of what we hear, see and think. This means our perceptions and conclusions are distorted. Biases distort reality. This hurts communication too because what the speaker means to convey is not what the hearer gets after the hearer filters the [...]

How can you limit the ill effects of prejudice in your organization? A start is to realize that prejudice is happening all the time. We all have biases that filter much of what we hear, see and think. This hurts communication because biases distort reality. Here is a case about how bias distorted reality as [...]

My book chapter, “Emotional Intelligence for Resilience,” published in the Amazon best-seller book on resilience, Upping the Down Side, is the source of this Tip. Know what you really want. Having clarity of intention results in more energy, resourcefulness, and resilience. Here is how to get clarity of intention and resilience in the face of [...]