I have been spending time trying to understand more information about emotional intelligence, and how it combines with my ability to spot deception. Having read about emotional intelligence lately, I am finding the definitions fall short in describing the depth of my “tool set”, for a lack of a better term. While I do understand […]
“Personal intelligence is defined as: “the capacity to reason about personality and to use personality and personal information to enhance one’s thoughts, plans, and life experience.” (Mayer, 2008, p. 209)” I find this utterly fascinating because I practice this in my life daily! Understanding personalities, through the use of emotions, behavior, demeanor, words spoken, etc., […]
When you ask most people if they grew up privileged, I think most people of us will say no. We all imagine the privileged to be the super wealthy–the types of people who have maids, drivers, chefs, planes, fancy cars and mansions. But the reality is many of us are more privileged than we realize. […]
The newest term on the block these days, if you haven’t heard, is “hangry”. You know when someone gets angry when they are hungry? Yep, that’s “hangry”. There is actually science behind the term, and in the following article they explain why some people get it and others don’t! Check it out here on CNN.com.
If you have a friend who is very despondent about something bleak in their lives (i.e. relative given high-probability-of-death diagnosis, cheating spouse suspected, etc), and they came to you and asked for your support, what would you do: Would you help them cope with the truth and be factual that things are likely not going […]
