Emotional Intelligence 101: Add EQ to IQ for success and happiness!: Emotional Awareness Gives Us Choices!

July 24, 2009

Emotional Awareness Gives Us Choices!

"I am not what happened to me.
I am what I choose to become." - Carl Jung

We all have had bad stuff happen to us, and events that cause us emotional pain and anger. HOWEVER, we get to CHOOSE what we DO with our feelings, emotions and belief systems!

We can:

Generalize
Victimize
Blame
Whine
be Broken

or, we can:

Learn
Grow
Understand
Love anyway
be Wiser!

It’s not about Ignoring our feelings, quite the opposite. It’s about Deciding how we want to look at the world, consciously, wisely, and intelligently.

Jul 24, 2009 2:00:42 PM | emotional intelligence

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