Overtime Issue #3: Raising your EQ
This is Big Think Business Overtime – our top two releases each month worthy of your time. Get advice directly from the people who have been through it.
Worth Watching
12 traits emotionally intelligent people share (You can learn them)
with Daniel Goleman, psychologist and author
Sure, IQ is important, but is it as impactful as emotional intelligence? Renowned psychologist and author Daniel Goleman explains.
Worth Reading
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Why the “future-ready mindstate” is the best operating system for your work-life
Excerpted from the book What’s Next Is Now: How To Live Future Ready by Frederik G. Pferdt
One evening in August 2020, I prepared to leave my home in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California, not at all sure it would be there when I returned. Fierce lightning storms had caused wildfires to break out across the county, and for more than two weeks I watched the fires coming closer every day. I wasn’t surprised when a sheriff rang my doorbell and handed me an evacuation order.
With just ten minutes to get out, I had a decision to make that I knew would have a lasting impact on myself and my family. There was nothing I could do to stop this fire from taking our home. The only thing I could control was my attitude toward what we were about to experience. In this urgent moment, I decided to focus not on my fear but on the opportunity in front of us.
It’s possible to create shifts that ensure a team operates within a constructive energy zone. Companies can leverage these five “energetic success” principles to help employees shift their own energy as well as the energy of those around them, and so foster a motivational workplace culture.
I have always lived according to the belief that change is constructive, not a threat. We had long before identified the few things each of us would grab in such an emergency. We had what we needed to get through the days to come. In spite of the high probability that we would lose everything, we could choose how to orient our thinking. If change was coming, we’d be mentally prepared to do something about it.
Brand Development & Strategy for the Digital World
8 个月Great article. The "future-ready mind state" empowers individuals to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world by fostering resilience, creativity, and adaptability as core operating principles.