The Mental Illness of the Hustler
In my another blog How the Humm Components were renamed I described how six of the seven Humm Components were each based on a mental illness. A Mover is associated with mania, a Doublechecker with depression, Artists with autism, and Politicians with paranoia. I then suggested that Engineers are associated with the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD. In this blog I will discuss which mental illness is associated with the Hustler. Originally it was associated with Hysteria. Hysteria is undoubt.....
Read MoreHow the Humm Components were renamed
As readers of my works know I see myself as carrying the flame of the 7MTF/Humm-Wadsworth model of temperament. Temperament is how your genetic make-up defines how you react emotionally. Understand temperament and you can dramatically lift your emotional intelligence. It was an American psychologist, Rosanoff, who first proposed a paradigm shift in 1924. Until the work of Rosanoff, doctors defined abnormal psychological conditions in black and white: people were either mad or not. Ros.....
Read MoreThe Intelligence of Emotional Intelligence
One of the great things about the Internet is that you occasionally receive, out of the blue, an amazing email. This recently happened to me: Hi Chris, The coverage of your blog is so comprehensive and creative that it’s turned many of us at Nursingdegree.net into regular followers. We recently published a post, “10 Interesting Facts about IQ Tests” that we hope you and your readers might also find interesting. If you have the time to consider it, we’d appreciate any mention or .....
Read MoreA New Definition of Emotional Intelligence
In the Cloud there has been considerable discussion about re-defining Emotional Intelligence. There are two classic definitions: Salovey-Mayer: EQ is the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions. Goleman: EQ comprises four steps: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness or Empathy, Social Skills or Relationship management. However I must confess I was very taken with Josh Freeman’s recent definition of “EQ is being smart with emotions.” I am an Occam’s Razor.....
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