Brain, Emotional intelligence
While we’re on the subject of making decisions, my good friend, and Informal Learning expert, Paul Matthews wrote about this story in his recent newsletter: A man in Gandhi’s entourage was forever complaining about this, that, and the other. Finally, Gandhi said to him… “If it is a peaceful and calm life [...]
Emotional intelligence, General
Oh dearie me! The fear of the unknown. Cor lummy! Uncertainty. We don’t like it, do we? That’s the only thing we’re sure about! Our brains are hardwired to live in caves, and wrestle with saber-tooth tigers, both of which there’s not much call for these days! Well, not round [...]
Emotional intelligence, General
What would you do? Would you be brave enough to stand up and be counted, to support the underdog? Let’s not take this lying down! I’ve written before about the brave and everso slightly wiser, Monica Lewinsky, responding to her critics. See her TED Talk on The Price of Shame.” Courage [...]
Brain, Emotional intelligence, General
Those of us of ‘a certain age’ might recall seeing ‘Pollyanna’ on TV many moons ago. Based on the bestselling novel by Eleanor H Porter, Pollyanna is now considered a classic children’s book, and the name, synonymous with having an optimistic outlook. We’ll come back to Pollyanna later, because I [...]
Emotional intelligence, General
(That’s me, laughing!) Before I tell you why, I just want to preface this with the following disclaimer: (!) We have some great neighbours. Many have become good friends. That’s it! I didn’t want you to think that Grand Designs had painted a balanced picture!! 🙂 However, you may recall [...]
Emotional intelligence, General
And this is nothing like a good chuckle… I expect you’ve got better things to do during the run-up to Christmas, than to read my blog! But just in case you’d like a break from wrapping, cooking, planning, negotiating, travelling etc, here’s some entertaining, interesting and funny stuff to keep [...]
Emotional intelligence, General
Foundations! When planning the build of our house beside the river, a few years ago, I would look at the Houses of Parliament, built right on the edge of the Thames, and ask myself, “How hard can it be?” I was soon to find out! To make absolutely sure we [...]
Brain, Emotional intelligence
How to get laser-sharp mental focus from Genius Material No, it's not just you, many of us are sleeping less and less these days. It seems to be a symptom of the busy busy, information-rich, multitasking environment we live in. It's almost as though with so much going on through [...]
Emotional intelligence, Learning
So what can you do to increase your ability to delay gratification? And why would you want to? Perhaps because if you want to be successful in life, you need to develop your determination and resilience muscles. Most successful people are good at: Delaying gratification. Resisting temptation. Not letting fear [...]
Emotional intelligence, General
You are probably aware of the Stanford marshmallow experiments with four-year-olds in the 1960-70s, studying the tricky subject of delayed gratification. What do we want? Gratification! When do we want it? Now! Walter Mischel, thought it a good idea to leave young children in a room, on their own, [...]
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