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Tired of feeling stressed? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Spirit at Work No comments

I just finished Shawn Achor’s latest book Before Happiness and decided to revisit my first introduction to Mr. Achor’s insights. In the The Happiness Advantage Shawn describes our mis-perceptions about the relationship of happiness and performance this way.

“Most people believe that once they become successful, then they’ll be happy...

If you want to really be happy, learn to do less. December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Spirit at Work No comments

Lasting change is not the result of some new “to do” on our already too long list. The change we seek is not found in doing more, but surprisingly the secret is found in learning to do less.

If we want to really be happy (and who in their right mind would say they don’t) we need to let go of our compulsion to judge, attack, blame, regret, be right, and most of all our belief that choosing to be unhappy is a necessary even moral obligation...

Seven ideas to make stress a thing of the past. January 22, 2013 Emotional Intelligence No comments

We all know people who are obsessed with activity. They are the busiest people on the planet and they are going to make absolutely sure you know it. They wear their “busy badges” like awards on a merit belt, and their favorite badges of all are their STRESS BADGES. They can tell you about the ones they got from their kids, their boss, their coworkers, their spouse, they can even tell you about the one they got on the way to work today...