Yao Ming’s Biggest Adjustment to the USA Was Probably OFF THE COURT- EQ #4 Independence
I am a basketball fan. When Yao Ming was drafted into the NBA, few of us knew much about him. We were intrigued. As one writer stated so well after his retirement, “Yao Ming introduced many Americans to China.” Many knew so little about China until there was Yao:). “The most mature rice stock bends.. read more →
Tired of Feeling You are Getting Walked on? EQ #3 Assertiveness
“Sometimes we have to impose our will on others,” is what a colleague voiced to me while we struggled with scheduling events in an Asian Country. Unfortunately, as Americans, we often tend to think this way. We expect other cultures to do things the way we do them, and when they don’t, we try to.. read more →
It Pays to Know What You Feel…..(EQ #2)
“Emotional self-awareness is the ability to recognize your feelings, to differentiate between them, to know why you are feeling these feelings, and to recognize the impact your feelings have on others around you” (EQ Edge, 57). Emotionally healthy people: Use emotion words like: mad, sad, hurt, scared, frustrated, anxious etc. Are aware when their moods.. read more →
What is More Important Than the SAT? (EQ #1)
Emotional Intelligence is “a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges, and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way” (“Multi-Heath Systems, EQ Inventory User’s Handbook” (2011). These skills are important for relationship in our everyday life, but.. read more →
What You Don’t Know About Yourself May Hurt You……
The Johari Window was developed by Joe Luft and Harry Ingram. This simple diagram is a great way to illustrate the knowledge we have of ourselves as well as other’s knowledge concerning us. We are all private about some things in our lives. We are also unaware of some values and beliefs that affect us. Sometimes.. read more →