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The Paradox of Giving Yourself
It may seem like a paradox, but people who focus on giving feel and do better… and so do businesses.
Read MorePursue Noble Goals
Pursue Noble Goals is one of the core competencies in the Six Seconds Model of Emotional Intelligence. It means connecting your daily choices with your overarching sense of purpose, which we call a Noble Goal.
Honoring Wangari Maathai and her Noble Goal
I just been reading some of the many articles about this remarkable woman who passed away on Sunday. I wanted to share two of these articles with you, in order to honor her memory and reflect on the power we each have to choose a path toward our own noble goal. Frances Moore Lappe and […]
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence: A Key to Positive Change
In this speech, Six Seconds’ Chairman Karen McCown shares the definition, process, and purpose of teaching emotional intelligence. Karen founded the renown Nueva School in 1967 as a laboratory for integrating academic and emotional development for gifted children (it went on to win two Federal Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education).
Read MoreMaking Others Good – Star Wars Style
This week we watched the Star Wars trilogy as a family – first time for Emma and Max. Return of the Jedi was today. A couple of comments that followed up from the discussion of Satyagraha. Tucking into bed, Max, 7: “Remember when Luke made C3P0 fly, and then C3p0 said, ‘I didn’t know I […]
Read MoreBehavior or Deeper?
Our society, especially in business, seems fixated on “behavior” as a magic solution. For example, recently I was talking to a potential client about a leadership development program and he wanted to know what “EQ behaviors” the participants would learn. Talking about the behavior is an easy short-hand. We want leaders to be proactive, to […]
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