Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Surprising 3-Word Phrase ...
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Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Surprising 3-Word Phrase ...
- There are brilliant examples all over the place of people tweaking time subjectively. One of my favorites is the Uber map. It doesn’t change how long you wait for the taxi. It changes the quality of the waiting time by reducing uncertainty. If you look at human emotions, although humans might say, “I don’t like waiting for a taxi,” what makes them ... See more
from Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? by Rory Sutherland
Most people harbor the hope that “when things change” or “when things improve” they will do a better job of productively obsessing and paying attention to their brainstorms. It is much smarter not to wait for that mythical time to arrive.
from Brainstorm by Eric Maisel
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- Emotional intelligence is the ability to know what I’m feeling in any moment, and have a receptive relationship with the feeling, so it goes through my body. It doesn’t get stuck. If the feeling gets stuck, which is what happens with most people, it ultimately calcifies and turns into a mood. So anger that isn’t felt and released in less than 90 se... See more
from Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line [The Knowledge Project Ep. #60] by Shane Parrish
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