Temperaments & Strengths of PresidentsEmotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQby Daniel Goleman
This book just confirms that - intelligence, that is "book smarts", is just ONE piece of what contributes to a person's overall success in life- and in no way guarantees anything. You can be the smartest person in the world, but if you don't have other qualities like self-esteem or persistence- well, there's a good chance that you won't be happy. Case in point, there is no scientific literature linking IQ or academic ability to happiness levels. This book does a good job of elaborating on the idea that intelligence will only get you so far in life- and spends its time telling you why.
No matter how smart or talented one may be, if you haven't "Emotional Intelligence" you might be going around and around in circles in your life and career. After reading this book one can see themselves in a more brilliant and harmonious light. As much as we worship cognitive, it is our emotional E.Q. that is the rudder of the boat.
We are responsible for how we approach and respond to all situations, regardless. Just because a person is a jerk doesn't justify being a jerk to that person. Do not let the other person control your behavior.
If the idea of improving your life is to a look at the emotional side of things.
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Temperaments & Strengths of Presidents
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The above video is of the author of his book Emotional Intelligence describing President Obama Temperament Type. We at the Just Wait Foundation cannot resist the temptation to determine the Temperament Type of public figures. And while we know that we are really only guessing at Temperament Type by observing external cues rather than “knowing” what inside a person, we can’t seem to help ourselves. That’s okay, just as long as we don’t take ourselves to seriously. By taking a guess at a Temperament Type, when you don’t know the person: we can only say the public figure “appears” to be a certain Temperament Type, rather than claiming we know definitively a public person’s Temperament Type. Only the person involved can determine their Temperament Type. That is only after some “deep” soul searching and armed with the knowledge of the differences of the types.
With that disclaimer, let’s take a look at the current president. Our problem is to determine what is the Temperament Type of President Obama. The problem is that his Temperament Type does not neatly fit a clear-cut pattern.
It is widely accepted the John McCain has the Temperament number; we called eight (8). In the last election he spent months positioning himself as the heir to Ronald Reagan's conservative movement. Poll data, however, show that Obama better embodies some of Reagan's key personality traits, than McCain. It is widely accepted the Ronald Reagan has the Temperament number; we call nine (9).
In 2008, the California-based E-Poll Market Research conducted monthly surveys of more than 1,000 voting-age men and women nationwide. This survey firm has no knowledge of the Enneagram or the Temperament Types and was not trying to determine such. Each person in the sample is given a list of 46 attributes and is asked to say which of these traits he or she believes applies to a given celebrities including the then presidential candidates.
The survey compares these two candidates with other celebrities based on five character traits:
1. Articulate
Obama's closest match was Reagan. In fact, the two politicians share identical or near-identical ratings on Intelligence and Confidence. While most respondents label both Obama and Reagan as confident and intelligent, the attribute on which they differ most highlights a different issue for Obama was: experience.
In the following Time magazine articles, the four historians who are making comments about the President’s temperaments, do not have any knowledge of the Enneagram or the Temperament types, but are describing certain characteristics that are different characteristics of the nine (9) different Temperament Types.
It is interesting that the front cover of the Time magazine has two, what we call, Temperament eights (8): FDR and McCain and two Temperament nines (9): Lincoln and Obama.
Articles from this issue of TIME Magazine
TIME recently gathered four presidential historians to dicuss the presidential temperaments: What it is? Who has it? How much does it matters? The following is excerpt of their conversation:
Gage:... When Barack Obama was 6 years old, he was the only foreign child in his neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia. He didn't know the kids, didn't speak the language. At first the locals were a little freaked...
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