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Emotional Agility

July 14, 2016 By Tom Watkins

To have a decent shot at developing our personal character, we must bring the mind itself under control. For this . . . We should prepare for a lifetime of challenge, as there is no more difficult task in life. [1]  One test of progress is how calm we remain under provocation. On what does our ability to do that depend and how might we enhance it? Mountaineering over a molehill I offered to support a colleague, but during the exchange he offloaded irritation in my direction. It was a simple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mindfulness, Resource Library, Self-Management Tagged With: Attitude management, Emotional intelligence, Habits of mind, Mindfulness, Performance Development, Personal resilience, Stress management

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Enhance personal resilience

April 17, 2016 By Tom Watkins

Experiencing adversity . . ?  Then you're suffering, right? Not necessarily, of course. At some level we all understand that emotional resilience is situational; we sometimes have it and sometimes lose it. We know that adversity can draw out and develop personal strengths.  Resilience is not a rare quality limited to confident optimists with few negative attitudes. We may also accept that personal resilience is our own responsibility. Almost everyone has a degree of mental robustness and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Capacity Development, Mindfulness, Resource Library, Self-Management Tagged With: Attitude management, Emotional intelligence, Habits of mind, Metacognition, Mindfulness, Personal resilience, Stress management

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