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Emotional Intelligence and Why Osprey Don’t Fret
I’ve been watching a local osprey family build and maintain a nest above a busy intersection the last few years (Seminole Blvd. and Park Blvd., for you locals). Through unpredictable and sudden rainstorms, brutal winds, scorching heat, lightning and thunder (all of which we get plenty of here in Florida) they just keep coming back…
Read MoreWe Are Not So Emotionally Smart…Time for Emotional Intelligence
I was going to title this “We Are All Emotional Idiots”, but thought better of it since I didn’t want to look like I was suffering from what I was trying to write about. So, We Are Not So Emotionally Smart. Why should we be? Few of us have had any training in emotional intelligence…
Read MoreManaging That Person in the Mirror (First)
What is the one constant in your life, no matter where you go, how you feel, what you do or whom you’re with? Answer: You. You can’t get away from you anymore than I can get away from me (although I have tried numerous times). But why would you want to? After all, you completely…
Read MoreManage You First: Your Past…Feel It, Heal It and Release It
Pretty much all of us have “stuff” from our past. You know, that drama and trauma that often comes from Mama (sorry, couldn’t help the rhyme!). Everyone has hot buttons, hair triggers and irrational reactions at times (except for those dozen Buddhist monks from Tibet who meditate 12 hours a day. Even they, reportedly, have…
Read MoreKen Donaldson on Manage You First: How to Keep Your Thinking from Shrinking, Sinking or Stinking…
Do you have a surplus of negative thoughts? Many people do, so don’t be surprised if your answer was, “Yes.” And what about positive thoughts? Ever have too many of those? No…of course not. So if you’re like most people, you’d like to have more positive thinking and less negative thinking, right? Sounds simple enough,…
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