It's 'Cause I Have To, Mr. Elmer: An EQ Tale

Written by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach


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“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” and so we addrepparttar “ality” onrepparttar 131080 end, which is a commitment to action. It means following through untilrepparttar 131081 “intention” becomes a reality.

WORK

Intentionality is work. Here’s a picture of work horse all hitched up and ready to go: http://www.ranchgallery.com/Team.jpg. Noticerepparttar 131082 harness andrepparttar 131083 blinders. Whenrepparttar 131084 farmer gets ready to go to work, he putsrepparttar 131085 harness and blinders onrepparttar 131086 horses. This is their signal it’s time to go to work. The blinders keep out any peripheral distractions.

When you’re ready to get intentional about your life, keep this picture in mind. Get serious. Put onrepparttar 131087 harness andrepparttar 131088 blinders, figuratively. Then you can only see what’s in front of you – your row to hoe, as it were – and you’ll likely finishrepparttar 131089 task.

Susan helps clients get organized and succeed with EQ, the Don't Die at 50 Weekly Organizational Calendar, Gooding Accountability System, and coaching. www.susandunn.cc and mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc


Lady Will Power ... It's Now or Never: An EQ Tale

Written by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach


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When my mother went overrepparttar dating rules with me as a young teenager, she added, “And you makerepparttar 131078 decision what you’re going to do right here, sitting atrepparttar 131079 kitchen table, not inrepparttar 131080 back seat of a car, because then you won’t be thinking.”

Will power is a term that’s gone out of favor, but we do have a “will” –repparttar 131081 ability to make decisions and hold to them. We also haverepparttar 131082 personal power to manage our emotions and those of others’ underrepparttar 131083 most pressing of circumstances.

Other pressure situations might be being asked to do something illegal at work, being tempted to do something unethical, feeling angry enough to hit someone, having an opportunity for an affair, investing inrepparttar 131084 stock market, resisting drinking when you’re in recovery, or going to work when you’d rather go fishing.

Emotional intelligence includes Intentionality, and other competencies such as intuition, creativity, resilience, impulse control and stress management. These competencies can be learned and there are assessments to tell you where your strengths and weaknesses are.

Developing your EQ allows you to put in a floodgate when you threaten to be overcome with emotions, which is called “neural hijacking.” This is when emotions swamp you torepparttar 131085 point where you make decisions or do things that are harmful to yourself or others.

EQ matters more to your success and happiness than IQ. Why not make it one of your goals this year to increase your emotional intelligence?

Susan Dunn helps clients get organized and succeed with the Don't Die By 50 Weekly Organizational Calendar, Gooding Accountability System, coaching, Internet courses. Visit her on the web at www.susandunn.cc and mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for FREE ezine.


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