Type as an excuse I have been a passionate user of psychological type (with the MBTI and more recently the Pearman assessments) for more than half my life now, and a growing concern of mine is people’s masking—consciously or not—troubled or dysfunctional behavior with type terms. Bad decisions or
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Bouncing Back–Resilience and EQ (Part 2)
Resilience and EQ's Big 3 In the previous post, we saw how the holy trinity of EQ-i elements (Self-Regard, Self-Actualization and Optimism) are also key to building resilience. While direct developmental work can be done on these three critical EQ-i elements—with self-esteem exercises, goal
Bouncing Back–Resilience and EQ (Part 1)
Why do some people bounce back from disappointment and failure while others take on and store up the negativity from set-backs and get crushed beneath their weight? What makes up resilience? Brooks and Grayson both get cut from the team. Grayson accepts that he is not a good player and gives up
Losers, Winners, and Kicking that Football
The Foundation of Self-Regard While it’s interesting to ask how much success colors our self-image, I believe the more telling question is how much does our self-image allow for success? Charles Shultz was the most successful cartoonist in history and the creator of characters that have become
Don’t Judge Too Quickly
Typological Balance Typological or cognitive balance is achieved when I turn off my judgement long enough to take in new data, but also turn off the pipeline of new data long enough to draw conclusions and make decisions. While making decisions too often or too quickly is certainly a behavioral