Worrying about the future
I am soon to be celebrating my 79th birthday. Yet again I have heard of another death, this time a billionaire who was a member of a tennis group I used to play with on Sunday mornings until my doctor advised me to stop playing. This turned out to be good advice as most of my contemporary male members in the group have retired hurt with serious injuries. Here is my take on my current status. First of all a parable that I recently read. One day a farmer went to the field and found.....
Read MoreThe Super Power We All Have
I confess that I have never been captured by the Superpower meme. Indeed, I have never watched any of the 32 Marvel movies. However, I did like this excellent TEDx video by Matt Walker “Sleep is your superpower” In the video Walker delves into the critical role that sleep plays in learning, memory, and overall health. He begins by explaining that sleep is necessary both before and after learning. Prior to learning, sleep prepares the brain to absorb new information, acting like a dr.....
Read MoreWhat is to be done? (Apologies to Lenin)
I promised my special reader to explain why after my blog on 23 June 2023 The Power of Emotional Intelligence: What Are You Missing? I had a gap of some 3 months before I started blogging again. Here is my explanation: The first month is easy to explain we were in Europe on holiday and having a great trip. On my return I was busy organising my first face-to-face training since Covid started in March 2020: I was running two Empathy Selling Seminars for a national organisation emp.....
Read MoreLisa Feldman Barrett again
When I saw this title I had to read the blog: Baking Cakes and Building Brains. A Renowned Neuroscientist Explains the Shocking Truth of Emotional Intelligence. In it Nick Hobson discusses the work and concepts of Lisa Feldman Barrett (LFB), professor of psychology at Northeastern University. A key concept in LFB’s work is degeneracy, which means that the same outcome can be produced in multiple ways. Each time you feel happy, for example, your brain could be creating that experien.....
Read MoreChris Golis - Author
"Put in a sales perspective, I loved your presentation! I got a lot from what you talked about and I will read your book."
Peter Morris, Executive Officer, Lomax Financial Group
Your presentation on 'Lifting your Level of Emotional Intelligence" to 10 CEOs scored an average 8.9 out of 10 for the topic and 8.5 for the presentation which is great. A couple of the attendees gave you a 10 out of 10, and the comments were:
- Great presentation. Very informative.
- Excellent presentation.
- made me think.
Christi Spring CEO Institute. - web www.ceo.com.au.