Rolling Stones guitarist Bill Wyman was once asked, âWhat is the question you get asked the most?â Wyman replied, âThatâs the question I get asked the most.â At TalentSmartEQÂź, the question we get asked the most is simple: âWhat is considered ânormalâ?â The question is usually phrased, âWhat are the average emotional intelligence scores in…
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Having close access to ultra-successful people can yield some pretty incredible information about who they really are, what makes them tick, and, most importantly, what makes them so successful and productive. âWhenever you see a successful person, you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.â â Vaibhav ShahKevin Kruse is…
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By Nick Tasler, M.S. Itâs no secret that job seekers will find slim pickings in their search for gainful employment in 2009. Layoff rates arenât slowing, and there are already more people competing for fewer open jobs than in any time in recent history. Faced with these odds, the best way to position yourself…
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Weâre always chasing somethingâbe it a promotion, a new car, or a significant other. This leads to the belief that, âWhen (blank) happens, Iâll finally be happy.â
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Know anyone who wants to make more money? Theyâll have to get in line. I think weâd all be hard-pressed to find a coworker, family member or friend who wouldnât like to make more money. The trouble with earning more money is that it often requires a great sacrifice. With a higher salary come the…
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We live in a world that idolizes perfectionism. From a very young age, parents, coaches, and teachers push us to be high achievers, but they fail to teach us balance. We live our lives with an ingrained desire to give our all in pursuit of lofty goals, but we donât know when to pull back….
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The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmartEQ has conducted research with more than a million people, and weâve found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to remain calm and in control.
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Power gets a bad rap, but only because people pursue it for the wrong reasons. When power is pursued for the right reasons, it can be a tremendous force for good.
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When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into what many people had always assumed was the sole source of successâIQ. Decades of research now…
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We often confuse being productive with working as fast as we can, every second of the day. We fear that slowing down to get organized will kill our productivity
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