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Emotionally
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How to Bounce Back Emotionally After a Fight With Your Partner
My husband and I fight over the typical stuff: Mostly idiotic misunderstandings but also household chores, who’s walking the dog, vacation plans, and so on. No matter the issue, though, and regardless of how intense the argument is, we always come to some kind of resolution—we either arrive at a compromise or, since we’re both
Why Emotionally Intelligent People Embrace the Rule of Recentering
I read an interesting quote from an entrepreneur on Twitter the other day:I don't want to conquer the market.I don't want to dominate segments.I don't want to disrupt anything.I just want to make my money, have ultra successful customers and live my life happily.That's it.This quote caught my attention because I've seen lots of similiar sentiments…
How Emotionally Intelligent People Use the ‘Blue Dolphin’ Rule to Control Negative Thoughts
What's your white bear?In psychology, the "white bear" problem (also known as ironic process theory), says that attempts to suppress certain thoughts can actually increase their frequency. The idea was developed by Harvard psychologist Daniel Wegner in the late 1980s, and refers to a quote in an essay by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky from over…
Emotionally Intelligent People Follow These 10 Simple Rules
The term "emotional intelligence" first became popular decades ago, but the concept--that we have the ability to understand and manage emotional behavior--is centuries old. Still, I often get emails from readers asking for help on how to start improving their emotional intelligence.But first things first. What do we even mean when we say emotional intelligence?A simple…