Tune up your EQ

It is with deep regret that the family and friends of Galba Bright wish to inform you of Galba’s untimely passing.

Galba Francis Adeyinka Bright, Human Resource Consultant and Author, died at his office on March 31 of natural causes, leaving his wife Sandra, numerous family members, friends, associates, readers and fans.

Out of respect, the Tune up your EQ website created by Galba will therefore be offline for a short period.

We thank you for your understanding at this time and appreciate the interest you have shown in Galba’s work and ideas.

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The Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Galba Bright will be held at St. John’s Methodist Church, Montego Bay, Jamaica, at 1.00 pm on Sunday, April 19, followed by interment in Dovecot of St. James Memorial Park, Orange, St. James.

Tune up your EQ Round Up For February

March 3rd, 2008 by Galba Bright

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“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

Quotation by Pearl S. Buck:

Thank you for reading Tune up your EQ. Although we had an extra day, February sped by like a meteor. Let’s catch our breath and take quick review of what happened at this blog last month.

I appreciate the comments from:

Al, From 7P Productions

Brain Blogging ,

Carrie

Brian Clark of Copyblogger

Jo, from The Flowing Motion Blog

Astrid Lee, Reiki Master Teacher

Robyn McMaster,from Brain Based Biz

Steve Olson, From Steve Olsen.com

Barbara Sliter, of Creatorship

Waheed

Ellen Weber, from Brain Based Business

C.B. Whittemore, From Flooring The Consumer

Top 5 Articles

#1 Are your emotions starting to run wild? No problem, dodge the raging conflicts and Make Emotional Confrontations Fun. Alexandre Dumas’ sidestep saved his life. Take a lesson from him and you’ll be well on your way to making 2008 great.

#2 How To Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever - 22 Energizing Emotional Intelligence Tips is still very popular. I’ll write a follow up this month to find out how you’re progressing.

Download the free list of 22 Emotional Intelligence Tips in pdf format

#3 Deliberately shunning the hard sell, How To Successfully Sell Your Expertise With Empathy seems to have made its point. Persuasion, based upon understanding another person’s point of view can be more effective than screaming down a megaphone.

# 4 5 Little Known Ways To Increase Your Emotional Intelligence is still helping readers improve their social relationships.

Download the free BrightIdeas Presentation in pdf format

# 5 Finally, again on the Make 2008 Great theme 17 Sayings about Success continues to give lots of readers food for thought.

Guest Blogging For All Things Workplace

Steve Roesler from All Things Workplace was kind enough to invite me over to his blog. I wrote The 13 Emotional Intelligence Questions Every Leader Must Ask. Read the 4 article series here

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Share your comments in Steve’s comments box.

Thanks Steve, I really enjoyed the opportunity to connect with your readers.

If February was like a meteor, how fast will March be?

Enjoy Your Emotional Intelligence Journey!!!

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7 Responses to “Tune up your EQ Round Up For February”

C.B. Whittemore Says:
March 4th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Galba, what a wonderful way to round up the month’s activities. Thank you for the mention!

C.B. Whittemore’s last blog post..Flooring Advertisements – Guest Post by Mark Rollings
Jo Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Thanks for the link Galba. Life has suddenly burst into busy for me, so I am glad of the reminder to enjoy myself.

“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you”. David Whyte, Sweet Darkness in River Flow, p. 348.

Jo’s last blog post..Great quotations
Galba Bright Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Hello C.B. I’m glad you enjoyed it and you’re welcome to the link :). I wonder how your February was?
Galba Bright Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Hello Jo:

I’m glad you enjoyed the quote. Have you noticed that when you add the “Y” to your name, it automatically becomes “Joy?” I wonder whether that’s why you ask such great questions ?

I liked the poem. Do you think that solitude and aloneness are the same thing?
Jo Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Solitude and aloneness. That’s a tough one.

I find solitude important. Introverts must rest! We all need to retreat slightly to recharge.

I’ve just watched the Martin Clunes version of Goodbye Mr Chips, and I’ll post on one the lines from there. Sometimes we need to retreat to from the noise and bustle and re-center ourselves against our horizons.

The David Whyte poem talks about fatigue and valuing fatigue like the night. Sometimes we only look at the campfire and not the blackness of the night that holds the fire!

I think it can be hard to be a migrant because we are at sea so to speak. We have to work extra hard (at relaxing) without the campfires and black nights of our youth that we find comforting.
Jo Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I like the way you sum up at the month end. We are often told to set goals to be successful. More and more I think that being successful means getting to the month end and looking back and saying I achieved a, b and c. We acknowledge the good and set about the next month with vigor!

The daffodils are out here. I love them. They are so cheerful. I didn’t plant any this year so I can’t claim them as an achievement. But I can acknowledge them with gratitude to all the people who took the trouble to plant them and see them as the benefit of the cold nights and mornings which they need to blossom well!
Galba Bright Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hello Jo:

I read a book called “Wisdom Comes Quietly” that made
the distinction. The author described solitude as being a choice, whereas being alone was involuntary. I enjoy solitude and view it as a great launching pad for my next steps.I think I got the idea of the round up from Maki’s Dosh Dosh blog. For me, it’s part of my regular reflective practice, which has become a cornerstone habit. Your comment about being a migrant is poignant.I think that living in a new country is the ultimate learning experience. I’ll muse some more about the campfire analogy.