Warren Buffett has said that if you want to be a great investor, what’s more important than IQ is emotional control. He jokes that if you have extra IQ, you should sell it because you don’t need it in investing. He’s seen a lot of very smart people do a lot of very dumb things.… Continue reading 7 Actionable Tips on Developing Your Emotional Intelligence [Podcast]
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7 Tips on Being More Socially Skilled As A Sensitive Introvert
Improving my emotional intelligence has been a focus of mine for the last couple years. Part of that involves observing what works and doesn’t in my social interactions and how I feel. I’ve learned a lot of lessons throughout my reflection, feedback from those better than I, and testing that are worth sharing. These tips… Continue reading 7 Tips on Being More Socially Skilled As A Sensitive Introvert
How to Stay Focused on Your Priorities and Eliminate Distractions Without Burning Out
So I was reading the marketing legend Gary Halpern’s Boron letters. He wrote these letters to his son and his son adds feedback on what he learned. There was one thing that stuck out. His son said that Gary was really great at saying no and prioritizing. Nothing stood in the way of what he… Continue reading How to Stay Focused on Your Priorities and Eliminate Distractions Without Burning Out
5 of My Favorite Daily Habits To Improve Your Life
One of the worst things you can do towards your own success is let your behaviors and environment control you so you slowly drift into worse habits. It’s dangerous because it happens so slowly over time that you don’t realize it. This gradual process is what can bring you to eat junk food that destroys… Continue reading 5 of My Favorite Daily Habits To Improve Your Life
The Rational Vs. Intuitive Mind: A Guide to Your Gut Feeling
“All of my best decisions in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, guts… not analysis. If you can make a decision with analysis, you should do so. But it turns out in life that your most important decisions are always made with instinct and intuition, taste, heart.” -Jeff Bezos You have… Continue reading The Rational Vs. Intuitive Mind: A Guide to Your Gut Feeling
How to Define Success for Yourself So You End Up Happy
Many people think of rich people when they think of the world success. But after discovering many depressed rich people, I realized that wasn’t a solid definition of success. Some people have more money than can ever spend, but they hate what they do — or they’re just disengaged with their work, finding no meaning… Continue reading How to Define Success for Yourself So You End Up Happy
Emotional Intelligence for Engineers: A Discussion
I’ve been creating a lot of content over the last year and a half on improving your social intelligence. That’s because I’ve learned that this skill is one of the most powerful, overlooked skills for one’s pursuit of wealth, career success, and relationship success. I’m happy to say that I’ve seen noticeable progress in myself… Continue reading Emotional Intelligence for Engineers: A Discussion
6 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Always Listen To Successful People
Like many others, I used to assume that if you want to be good, always study the best of the best of the best. If you want to learn basketball, learn from videos of Michael Jordan rather than the best kid on your block, right? But then, certain experiences made me question if this was… Continue reading 6 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Always Listen To Successful People
7 Life-Changing Documentaries on Success, Failure, and Business
Here are seven of the best documentaries I’ve watched recently. These films will entertain you while teaching you about some of the most successful people in the world (or the worst failures). Quincy – available on Netflix This man, Quincy Jones, is maybe the best music producer of all time you’ve never heard of. He… Continue reading 7 Life-Changing Documentaries on Success, Failure, and Business
Speed Learning: How I Consume and Comprehend 2x Faster Than Others
People need to learn all the time. They learn about martial arts, dance, writing, engineering, communicating, and more. But most never take the time to learn how to learn. If you could learn better, you could absorb and retain more information. I’ll teach you how. Now, why trust me? I’ve studied some of the world’s… Continue reading Speed Learning: How I Consume and Comprehend 2x Faster Than Others