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The True North Journal
The Messy Side of Emotional Intelligence
It’s easy to talk about emotional intelligence when life is going smoothly. But what happens when life knocks you off your game and the emotions you’d rather not feel come rushing in? Sometimes the most emotionally intelligent thing we can do is stop trying to fix ourselves.
What’s the Best that Could Happen?
Last weekend in New Orleans, I came across a simple question:
What’s the best that could happen?
It stopped me—because most of us are wired to ask the opposite.
We scan for risk, try to control every outcome, and call it “being prepared.”
But somewhere along the way, we may be feeding our fears more than our dreams.
And when we do that, our world quietly starts to shrink.
A quick tip for maintaining your leadership presence: How to manage emotions under pressure
What We Can Learn From the Groundhog
