Category: Emotional Intelligence
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What is intelligence?
Monday’s post was about how to improve your brain power or intelligence which does bring up the question what is intelligence? For trainers this is an important question as you are dealing with it, of the lack of it, everyday. Below is a short video which will help you to understand the meaning of intelligence.…
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Resilient Trainer
To be a good trainer you have to be resilient. Things often don’t go to plan and you have to bounce back. Take the resilience test below and see how you stack up under pressure. The test is found here at Harvard Review
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Feeling Flat about the New Year?
Watch the video – hope you get something from it that is appropriate for you. Can’t see the video – click here
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness. What is it? Mindfulness is “the intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment” Wikipedia. Is it important to trainers? I think so. It is the door to self awareness and of course emotional intelligence which is essential for all trainers and educators. The…
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Emotional Intelligence Quiz
I can’t vouch for its accuracy but here is a quick (less than one minute) emotional intelligence quiz. Useful for teaching or just trying out on yourself. Get the quiz here.
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Sunday Zephyr – Happy?
How was your week? Happy with life, work……? Maybe you need to read the fifty happiness quotes. Read the quotes here.
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Sunday Zephyr – Lying
I hope your Sunday is relaxing. I think that all trainers are exaggerators. Not liars as such but just prone to stretching the truth at times for effect. Try out the lie test below. Are your lies obvious? Can’t see the video – click here
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End of the week and stressed?
Here is a new MOOC starting next week for all those stressed trainers out there. Becoming a Resilient Person – The Science of Stress Management I’m taking th course not because I am stressed I just want to learn more about the area of resilience. Should be interesting. If you want to sign up go…
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No Burnout
I read this post the other morning and thought you might be interested. 25 Tricks to stop teacher burnout – click here to read Not a bad list and some good ideas but you know the best way to beat burnout. Do a great job, love your job and you will never feel burnout, tired…
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Empathy
I train leaders and managers in a wide range of topics and we often touch on empathy. Empathy always comes up as a quality that participants believe management should have. And rightly so. Often it is difficult to understand and grasp. It is harder still to develop empathy as a personal quality. To achieve this…