emotional intelligence

You’re allowed to figure out what emotions you’re feeling in broadly the same way you would with anyone else, which is by paying attention to what you’re actually doing. If you’re behaving in an angry way, maybe you’re actually angry.

David R. MacIver • Labelling Feelings 101

Stuart Evans

Permission to Feel Book | A guide to understanding emotions (EQ) for adults and children

Marc Brackett • 6 highlights

marcbrackett.com

Yufa

Difficult work is often difficult precisely because it involves tolerating some emotional discomfort and doing the work anyway. If your emotional endurance is low, you won’t be able to follow-through on (or sometimes even start) much of the most important work of your life.