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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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You Can Achieve your Career Goals Even if you are Born a Loser
Do you know that you can achieve your career goals even if you were born a loser? Some people are more likely to fail than others.
Simply put, those individuals are born losers. If you think you belong to that group, you need a change of pace that will let you begin enjoying your career life more fully.
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Professionals and other experts have developed some tried and true approaches. You might learn that you're not a born loser after all. In fact no one in this world was born a loser.
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It is Important to Understand Yourself first-Pick up a pencil and paper, and give yourself a quick evaluation. Write down all the things you think are your strengths and weaknesses. If you're a born loser, you'll probably list more weaknesses than strengths. Next, try to determine why you have each of those strengths and weaknesses, and then write down those reasons.
For instance, if one of your strengths is "patience," add some specific details such as "I don't mind waiting for several months so I can advance my career." If "laziness" is one of your weaknesses, you might add some more information such as "I like to sleep in until after 10 a.m." You can help yourself become more adept at improving your hindrances by knowing the specifics of your strengths and weaknesses. An understanding of how you can use your strengths as a foundation, and how you can gradually convert your weaknesses into strengths, is essential. Your target could be to modify one to three of your weaknesses at a time. Modifying Your Weaknesses-You'll need time to improve your weaknesses, so recognize that fact and don't expect immediate improvement. Your action plan should be specific and outline steps toward achieving your career goal. For example, if one of your weaknesses is a "lack of focus," you can begin modifying that weakness by engaging in activities such as "reading books about the subject for at least 30 minutes every day" or "listening to someone speak for at least one minute before I lose focus." Improve your performance in these activities by steadily lengthening the time frame and posing additional challenges for yourself. You Can Learn From Winners-Sticking with people who are successful and born winners in their careers is a recommended course of action. It allows you to adopt their personalities and habits, and in time it will lead to unending success of your career. Leaders and winners possess great qualities that you can follow, including stability under pressure, critical thinking, perseverance, competence and the persistence to never concede defeat. Adopt these traits as your own, and use these individuals as role models. Read about individuals who have succeeded in their chosen fields. One reason you might be failing constantly is because you are choosing things you are really bad at. Try to identify the things you truly care about, including things you might read about without anyone telling you to. These are the areas where your talents are most likely to be. When You Succeed, Remember It-Whenever you achieve in your career goals, use that experience as a tool to motivate you and remind you that you truly are capable of attaining larger benefits from larger tasks. Reflect on your previous accomplishments, and use those completed tasks to lead you toward your ultimate goal. You should expect the occasional failure, but use this failure as a learning experience. Look upon failure as an opportunity to improve the next time. J. Nyamache has been in the business of selling domain names. He has information that helps many online business aspirants to select and register quality domain names for their businesses. Click here to read tips about domain names articles.
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