Top 10 Emotional Intelligence

1. “There are certain emotions that will kill your drive; frustration and confusion.  You can change these to a positive force.  Frustration means you are on the verge of a breakthrough.  Confusion can mean you are about to learn something.  Expect the breakthrough and expect to learn.”  — Kathleen Spike, Master Certified Coach
2. “There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.” — Eric Jensen
3. “Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground.” —- Alan Cohen
4. “We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel.” -— Marshall B. Rosenberg
5. “What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills – your EQ — not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.”  — Daniel Goleman
6. “We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us — -how we can take it, what we do with it —- and that is what really counts in the end.” —- Joseph Fort Newton
7. “We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt…” —- Dorothy Day
8. “Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.” —- Benjamin Franklin
9. “When awareness is brought to an emotion, power is brought to your life.” – Tara Meyer Robson
10. “Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.” – Carl Sagan