An Overview of Emotional Intelligence
The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves is an excellent quick read. This book also comes with a free assessment as long as the book is new and someone hasn’t used it.
The book describes the difference of IQ from EQ. Your IQ never changes and stays the same. They have done studies and found that two people with the same IQ can have completely different levels of success. Also your IQ is your ability to learn and it does not change over time. On the other hand EQ can be developed even if you are not born with it.
read moreMotivation – From Building A Dream To Celebrating Success
Get Motivated to Achieve!
Motivation is intriguing. Sometimes, you need something big like a life events to turn you around – and sometimes, you only need a tiny motivator – a cute saying on a poster – to make you feel like you have to power to call your own shots.
Build a dream and fan the flames.
Big or small, it really doesn’t matter. Al long as you have a dream, a goal, an objective, something you can hold on to, something to work for…that’s good enough to get you started. Once you have identified that something you want to achieve, visualize how you will feel when you achieve it.
read moreCommunication and Correction in Business
As a leader in your team be careful what you send out. Negatives can bring the whole team down, squish energy and slow down any momentum. Sending global angry emails to your group is never ever productive. Pick up the phone in those circumstances. Email can build hard feelings and mistrust if you use it poorly.
Group correctional emails are also not usually productive. You need to use them sparingly (like almost never). Have a meeting with a few of your people that are messing up whatever it is, but don’t penalize the whole group for a few people. If you need to send a directional email that is fine, like a reminder that everyone needs to be on time or park in designated parking or whatever. Make it positive and even toned.
read morePractical Tips to Get Yourself Motivated
Wet Noodles……. Wet noodles can have problems with starting a task or finishing……. BUT…. The same goes with the rest of us.
It’s funny, I was always highly motivated to get things done, overachieve……. Ahhhh……. But wait…….. Always? Really? “Always” and “Motivation” almost never go hand in hand, anyone that says they are “always motivated” are either a machine or lying.
It’s funny, I remember in school being lazy…… My first job I was always on time and liked the people, I wasn’t lazy. But then in my early 20′s I had a few bouts with laziness. I finally found my internal motivation…. Winning……. Yep, gold ole plain butt kicking other people…… Especially in sales and motivating others to over achieve for me……
read morePersonality Theories
“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.” Albert Einstein
“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” Zig Ziglar
Personality Theories
We need to know ourselves in order to understand others.
Some differences….. Gordon Allport (1897-1967) was one of the first psychologists to study personality, human attitudes, prejudices and religious beliefs. His theory of personality, which rejected both Freudian psychology and behaviorism, emphasized the uniqueness of the individual and the need to treat problems in terms of present conditions as opposed to childhood experiences.
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