The Most Important Thing Productivity Experts Don’t Teach You About Success
January 15th, 2008 by Galba Bright
“Emotions for me are in no way separate from intellect…They enhance the brain, though, only when we learn to wield them as resources and not leak them as deficits.”
Dr. Ellen Weber, Director MITA Brain Based Renewal Center, Rochester, New York.
Emotions + Intellect = Success
You know lots about the conventional planning tools. You’re familiar with goals, targets and to-do lists. Perhaps many of you are fans of productivity systems, like GTD.
These approaches are great, but you’re still lacking one crucial ingredient.
If you start without it, it will be like trying to drive your car when it’s running out of gas. It will splutter, lurch, wobble and eventually stall.
Yet if you arm yourself with this secret element, you’ll enjoy an exciting, rewarding journey. If you harness and consistently apply this amazing competency, I’m sure you’ll make 2008 your best year ever.
That special something is your emotional energy, your ability to manage your emotions. Treat it as a precious resource this year.
In How to Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever: 22 Energizing Emotional Intelligence Tips, I described some practical ways you can use your EQ to achieve your goals.
I suggested that you start by becoming clear about what you want to achieve. I encouraged you to review 17 Sayings About Success: Which One Moves You? as part of this journey.
The Make 2008 Great series helps you to integrate your emotional competencies with your rational tools, including your intellect. When you harmonise these gifts, you’ll make 2008 your best year ever.
View January’s BrightIdeas presentation, How To Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever By Managing Your Emotions and be sure to enjoy the journey for the rest of this series.
Download The How To Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever : 22 Energizing Emotional Intelligence Tips Sheet
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A fool with with a Blackberry or a supercomputer is still a fool. There’s no point in upgrading your technology, unless you also invest time in managing your emotions.
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