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Wake up to the spirit in which you do things!

Emotional intelligence

Wake up to the spirit in which you do things!

A quote from a book written by The Mother, a student of Sri Arubindo (a famous Indian Guru) touched my heart. “Everything always depends on the way in which things are done. Not so much what one does but the spirit in which one does it.” To me, the spirit in which we do things…

Why You All Deserve a TA DA!

Emotional intelligence

Why You All Deserve a TA DA!

When I lived in America, I spoke to a lovely group in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. I was telling them about my niece’s first gym competition. At the time she was 9 and I was (and still am) a very doting, and enthusiastic aunt! In between exercises (which I must say were not that exciting and seemed…

Your mood matters

Emotional intelligence

Your mood matters

The Harvard business review (HBR) lists emotional intelligence (EQ) as the number one quality of a great leader. The essence of EQ is to know yourself, manage yourself and manage relationships. Out of all the various aspects of EQ, HBR states that the leader’s mood has the most significant impact on the culture of an…

Wake up to Fear and how it affects your performance!

Emotional intelligence

Wake up to Fear and how it affects your performance!

Last week I had an AH HA moment! In a blinding flash of the obvious I realized just how much of my behaviors were ruled by a range of fears, to which I was completely oblivious! Imagine what you life would be like if you recognized the fears that are holding you back, in…

The Secret Formula for Joy

Emotional intelligence

The Secret Formula for Joy

When I lived in the USA I studied with Robert and Sheryl Sardello at the School of Spiritual Psychology. One day we had to do an exercise called drop to your heart. We had to focus on the area around our hearts, and place ourselves inside the space in our hearts. I was skeptical about…

Wake Up to a Higher Purpose Business Strategy

Emotional intelligence

Wake Up to a Higher Purpose Business Strategy

Most definitions of business strategies revolve around the theme of long term plans of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of objectives. I heard the worldwide CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi speak at a conference once, and he said that all their campaigns and strategies are based on a key finding: that…

3 ways to connect with yourself and others

Emotional intelligence

3 Simple Ways to Connect with Yourself and Others

Because we live such materialistic lives today, many of us expect solutions to be expensive, complicated, time-consuming and difficult. Following are 3 simple (and free) ideas on how to connect with yourself, others and life! Connecting Time, Make the time to connect with others We might see our best friends only once a month…

How Serving Others Will Help You to Succeed

Emotional intelligence

How Serving Others Will Help You to Succeed

Your job is your job, but it can also be your work, depending on how you look at it and how you do it. Your work is manna for the soul. It fulfills you and satisfies you, and it usually involves serving others. Go to your job today and make it your work. Everyone in…

How One Question Can Change Your Work Culture

Emotional intelligence

How One Question Can Change Your Work Culture

“What’s the best thing that happened to you today?” I challenge you to greet everyone in this way, watch their faces light up! Begin your staff meetings with asking everyone to answer the question “what’s the best thing that happened to you since we last met”, it will transform the group dynamics! You…

The Secret Formula for Change: You Need to F.A.R.K.

Emotional intelligence

The Secret Formula for Change: You Need to F.A.R.K.

When I speak at conferences I ask people to turn to the people on either side and say, “I’m a FARCer!” This generally brings the house down! Seriously, FARCing is a scientifically proven formula for change! You can change! Your brain can be UN hardwired and RE hardwired differently and that means we CAN learn…

Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Emotional intelligence

Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

A review at Harvard showed that customers will consistently come back to people they like, 80% of what brings them back is the personality of the person ‚Ķ20% is the skill. Think about that, 80% of what brings people back is your personality! But that’s just one part of the equation. Here is…

15 Ways to Create Joy Spots at Work

Emotional intelligence

15 Ways to Create Joy Spots at Work

Why create JOY SPOTS: Because JOY is the next competitive advantage! Because happiness precedes success and all performance, creativity, innovation and team connection is improved when people feel happy at work! Because happiness is what everyone thinks they want, but it’s only the beginning of joy! Because the latest research in neuroscience, epigenetics, emotional…

Corporate Joy: Why Joy is the Next Competitive Advantage!

Emotional intelligence

Corporate Joy: Why Joy is the Next Competitive Advantage!

Have you ever been in a workplace where there is one ‘energy sucker’? Someone who is pessimistic, frustrated, angry or cynical or doesn’t pull their weight? When they leave what happens? It’s as if the sun comes out! People laugh, are productive again and teams collaborate well. Performance soars. Or think about a job you…

3 Secrets to Avoid The Time Crunch

Emotional intelligence

3 Secrets to Avoid The Time Crunch

The Time Crunch I don’t know about anyone else but 2013 has started off with a big bang for me! It has felt like a roller coaster as time seems to have condensed even more! My presentations that are 90 minutes seem to be over in what feels like 10 minutes, It’s almost like…

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