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by Daniel Goleman
Dr. Goleman did an excellent job with his second book on Emotional Intelligence because he gives more detail on how to correct the lack of Emotional Intelligence in the business and professional world.
On page 26 he tells us how to do a check up on our missing competences for emotional intelligence( both personal and social competencies) and he also mentions that there must be a continious follow up on this program to achieve a lasting effect over the change of our un-wanted bad habits and he alos mentions the guidelines for emotional competence TRAINING which is very helpful in the seminars to train management executives.
Dr. Goleman explains also that it takes months to be able to modify our personality, so that some people will not dispair because they can not get an overnight change, it takes time, perseverance and practice to become a proficient and capable executive with good emotional intelligence. Dr. Goleman also explains the effect that stress has on CONTROL and how it affects mistakes, memory and health and overall management.
In other words Dr. Goleman is helping everybody to modify their personalities to be able to produce more with less stress and wear (or exhaustion).
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The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment
In above video you will see kids participating in the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment. The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment must be the most astounding psychological study ever performed, or at any rate ranking right up there with some of the experiments done by Stanley Milgram. Who would ever guess that a brief observation of a four-year old alone with a marshmallow would be an excellent predictor of college entrance exam scores — twice as good a predictor as IQ test scores? In one of the most amazing developmental studies ever conducted, Walter Michel of Stanford created a simple test of the ability of four year old children to control impulses and delay gratification. Children were taken one at a time into a room with a one-way mirror. They were shown a marshmallow. The experimenter told them he had to leave and that they could have the marshmallow right then, but if they waited for the experimenter to return from an errand, they could have two marshmallows. One marshmallow was left on a table in front of them. Some children grabbed the available marshmallow within seconds of the experimenter leaving. Others waited up to twenty minutes for the experimenter to return. In a follow-up study (Shoda, Mischel, & Peake, 1990), children were tested at 18 years of age and comparisons were made between the third of the children who grabbed the marshmallow (the "impulsive") and the third who delayed gratification in order to receive the enhanced reward ("impulse controlled"). The third of the children who were most impulsive at four years of age scored an average of 524 verbal and 528 math. The impulse controlled students who scored 610 verbal and 652 math! This astounding 210 point total score difference on the SAT was predicted on the basis of a single observation at four years of age! The 210 point difference is as large as the average differences between that of economically advantaged versus disadvantaged children and is larger than the difference between children from families with graduate degrees versus children whose parents did not finish high school! At four years of age gobbling a marshmallow now v. waiting for two later is twice as good a predictor of later SAT scores than is IQ. Poor impulse control is also a better predictor of later delinquency than is IQ. Obviously there's a strong correlation between IQ and impulse control. People who do well in life have lots of both, and vice versa for those who don't do well. Sociologists have regaled us for years with their theories as to the causes of poverty: lack of education, structural causes, racism. But it seems that, at least where opportunity exists, the reason for differences in income and wealth is that the poor have high impulsivity.
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Personal Wellness Development Key To Future Success
One area of nearly every development plan for personal and professional growth that can cause the most disruption in the best plans is health. Unplanned illnesses can bring the journey for success to a standstill unless a personal wellness development plan is included for the future. Unfortunately, even the best plans can be waylaid by an unexpected illness and very few illnesses can be planned. However, by using personal wellness development most can be overcome quickly if not avoided. Persons with known health problems should be taking the appropriate steps to insure they are not going to be exacerbated and put an end to all other personal development plans. Working with medical and healthcare professionals should be a part of personal wellness development to include regular check-ups to provide early detection and treatment for potential health-related problems. A personal wellness development plan should be part of an overall development plan for the future and can also reduce stresses placed on work and family life. Article to continue below-------------------------------------
One thing many people seem to forget is the toll that illness can take on others affected by the lack of personal wellness development. When the bread winner becomes ill and is unable to provide for their family, the burden is shared by all members of the family as well as the company for which they toil. Others will be called upon to perform the tasks at work and other family members will need to step up to help out around the house. Staying Healthy Should Be Everyone's Goal Article to continue below------------------------------------
Just as it is rare for a person to walk into work and plan to fail at their job, it is rare that a person will wake up in the morning and hope to become ill. However, simply having a mindset to remain healthy is not considered personal wellness development, taking appropriate steps to prevent future problems can be a plan. One of the main ingredients that many people can use in their personal wellness development is learning how to deal with stress that accompanies nearly every occupation and family circumstance. Nearly every one is going to experience some stress in their life, but a good personal wellness development plan will help them deal with the stress when it happens. While the concept may seem oversimplified, dealing with stress by simply ignoring problems is not the answer, dealing with problems that the person can control and ignoring those they cannot control may be the easiest personal wellness development plan available for reducing stress. Worry over things of which the individual has no control only seems to make them worse and regardless of the amount of stress they cause, will not change the outcome.
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