What songs make you feel good about the future? In the EQ-i 2.0 model, Optimism refers to your ability and tendency to look at the brighter side of life and to maintain a positive attitude even in the face of adversity. Optimism gives us hope and faith while it enables us to see the future as a
EQ Surprise #5 – The Most Important EQ-i Elements are the Toughest to Move
The Big 3 There are three elements within the EQ-i that highly correlate with each other—Self-Regard, Self-Actualization and Optimism. This conceptually makes sense. If I have high Self-Regard, I like myself and bring to my interactions a sense of self-worth and confidence. Confidence allows me and
Trump, Hope and Thanksgiving
Well, the most bitter and divisive Presidential election in my lifetime just ended, and many are devastated and fearful, but just as many are excited—even elated. In this season of Thanksgiving, I am hoping that we as a nation can remember all the things that bind us together. Our differences are
New Year’s Resolution: Flex Your EQ
The EQ-i model gives you a great template to not only know, but improve your self-awareness, your relationships and the way in which you engage the world around you, so when you are making your New Year's resolutions for 2015, start by flexing your EQ. Following are 15 different suggestions—one for
The Road Out of Ferguson
In the midst of this holiday season, as we struggle to cope with and move beyond the shock of the Ferguson Grand Jury decision and its aftermath, two voices have risen above the din suggesting that the road out of Ferguson is paved with EQ. The day the Ferguson Grand Jury decision was handed down,