Publisher's Synopsis
"EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EQ): Focal Points to Boost Your EQ Score" has evolved for the authors of this book over a near half-century marriage and as many years working together professionally in the field of positive psychology. The issues addressed in this volume are life experiences encountered through their ongoing personal and professional discovery process; and, it is a process that will enable the reader to explore their own inner space and to experience the quality of life that confirms their deepest level of existence. Emotional Intelligence or EQ is the capacity to experience and express one's emotions appropriately, in addition to handling interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. It includes the understanding that emotions drive behavior and impact each individual positively or negatively. Emotional intelligence is more related to the present, in that it is used to identify and manage emotions in the moment. Some research shows that it is five times more likely to predict success than cognitive intelligence. Improving your EQ Score is an arbitrary number that is achieved through personalized reasoning; that is, there is no standardized score to go by. It doesn't matter what your baseline is perceived to be (High, Medium, or Low) as you open the book to commence the read. The important thing is to know at the books conclusion that you made significant progress mastering the content. If you can truthfully affirm that you have consciously integrated the material, then assuredly your EQ Score has taken a quantum leap.Each chapter concludes with Points to Ponder, which will help the reader internalize the life-changing content under discussion. Key topics covered in this book are: (1) past mistakes (moving from past tense to present tense); (2) approval addiction (be what you want to be; not what others want to see); (3) changes during the life cycle (stepping towards your destiny); (4) shattered dreams (unexpected path to dream fulfillment); (5) resistance to "what is;" (6) false self-beliefs (do you believe your own beliefs?); (7) thought reconstruction (thinking errors); (8) synchronicity (whispers from beyond); (9) heart versus head; (10) imagination (preview of life's coming attractions); (11) quantum physics (living outside the box); (12) fear (embracing the lions' roar); (13) anger (adjusting the flame); (14) worry (be still and know); (15) bitterness (cleansing a toxin of the soul); (16) resentment (redirecting the persistence of ill-will); (17) envy (affirmation of personal uniqueness); (18) forgiveness (warming the heart while cooling the sting).
