Planning on Doing Some International Travel Over the Holidays?Written by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach
[shudder]. No really, a little EQ - managing attitude, and using ole noggin' can make it almost pleasant!1. Pack your patience and your Emotional Intelligence. Turn down emotions, turn up forethought. Example - research your destination on Internet prior for websites where individuals (not paid interests) can tell you what you can ^anticipate^. 2. Pre-arrange everything you possibly can – air, hotel, car, restaurant, attractions, plays. 3. Make copies of your passport, traveler’s checques, credit cards, itinerary, and airline tickets. Carry one copy with you and leave one copy with your designated emergency-contact. 4. Carry with you address and phone number of your country’s embassy (consulate) for each country you’ll visit. 5. Take any regular medication in your hand luggage and be sure you have more than enough for your trip. (Remember needles and scissors can’t be in hand luggage.) 6. Check US State Dept. advisories, www.travelstate.gov, before your go for immunizations, hazards and other pertinent information; Overseas Security Advisory Council, www.ds-osac.org, and Transportation Security Administration site, www.tsatraveltips.us. 7. You'll know you'll be waiting, so use your EQ and figure out how to make it A Good Thing. · Use e-ticket and online checkin when you can. · Bring along that book you’ve been meaning to read · Bring a pre-paid phone call and catch up with buddies · Bring a neck pillow and plan to catch up on your rest · Dress appropriately for sitting or lying around an airport for a long time – loose clothing that can be abused
| | Before You Make Your New Year’s Resolutions, Make the One Decision That Will Make Them Work!Written by Susan Dunn, MA, certified EQ Coach
 Thinking about thinking about your New Year’s resolutions? It’s always in back of our minds as we wend our way through holiday merriment and another year comes to a close. If you’re thinking, “@^&#*, same thing will be No. 1 as was No. 1 last year!” why not try something different?rriment. Another year coming to an end. New Year … new start, but did you know that most people have already failed with their list by January 15th. If you don’t want this to happen to you (again), consider getting “thing” that can make those resolutions works: a coach. It can be prime ingredient for your success. Coaching developed to meet a need that wasn’t being met. We’ve all wished at one time or another we had a coach, like pro athletes do; someone to help us be all we could be. Someone to shine some light on those corners, and remove obstacles we seem to keep throwing in our paths without knowing why. Coaches can help you get mindful! Coaching is not for getting “fixed.” It isn’t to be confused with therapy. Some people enjoy benefits of both therapy and coaching, which demonstrates two are not same thing. Coaching supplies something therapy cannot, and vice versa. In coaching, we focus on strengths, positive psychology, emotional intelligence, and forward movement. It’s rapid and effective. “Oh,” you may be thinking, “So it’s like having a friend.” No! Coaching is work and takes a trained professional. Done properly it takes more time, energy, focus and expertise than even most well-meaning friend is likely to have. Friends ·Have their own agenda and issues ·Aren’t objective ·Aren’t trained or experienced ·Have a unidimensional relationship with you – you know before you go what they’re going to tell you to do. There are no surprises. ·Will give you answers
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