Research has shown that our ability to manage emotions (ours and those of others) determines success in life far better than having a high IQ (being intelligent). This ability to manage emotions in ourselves and others is called emotional intelligence. It is a crucial...
“For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win...
Recently, I read something that said, “When a leader gets tired of saying something, the people have just begun to hear it.” I don’t exactly remember where I saw it, but it spoke to me. I’m frequently tempted to get irritated with people that...
The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence created the following evidence-based approach for integrating social and emotional learning into schools. The mnemonic to remember them is RULER. RULER helps us teach “soft skills” or the skills of emotional...
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” -Victor Frankl, MD Are you frequently angry? Irritated? Full of rage? Sad? Scared? Have you responded angrily in a...
What are emotions? According the the American Heritage Dictionary, an emotion is: “1. A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, and...
