It's a Productive Week.

This week's EI Letter by a HR Professional:

Emotions and Health.

“So bad John what happened to that patient,” said David. It was ten minutes since they had their last laugh.

 “Yes David, so bad. I feel for the family, the man would have lived if only he wanted to,” John said. 

 “How are you coping with the image it brought on the hospital?” James asked. 

“Nothing major, though for the first week we noticed a drop in the number of patients. I ascribed it to people having better health or no money to visit a Zenith,” John replied.

“Everything is back to normal. We should be intentional about our feelings. The man died from a heart attack because of overwhelming anxious thoughts.”

“He should have focused on the benefits, not all are fortunate to get such benefits. Some of my colleagues who retired two years ago are yet to get their severance package.” David said. 

“Very true David, but not all have developed their minds to see things from your perspective. Shreds of evidence abound that anger, anxiety, and depression are very detrimental to health.  Medical research attests to this.  For one, anxiety quickly demoralizes the whole body and lays it open to the entrance and growth of disease.” John said. 

“I may have time to design another course. On how becoming smart with feelings can safeguard our health,” James said solemnly. 

“Is anyone interested?” James asked.

“Yes,” replied David and John.

“Why are our ladies laughing so hard?” John asked as he looked through the window. 

 “I am sure they are gossiping,” David said. 

“Let us find out,” said James.

He smiled, picked his glass of red wine, and took the lead back to his sitting room.

Strong, Pure and Happy thoughts build up the body in vigour and grace.—James Allen

(Extracted from my Book: Smart with Feelings - The Stars.)

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It's a Productive week.

This Week's EI Moment:

FLOW A CATALYST FOR EXCELLENCE.

Flow is the catalyst for excellence. Every exceptional achiever in any field regularly enters a state of flow. The surgeon who is surprised to learn, he has spent seven hours carrying out a surgery.

The student who is engrossed in his book, finds out he is the only one left in the library. The trainer who remembers during the lunch break, that he has not eaten for the day.

In a state of flow, tasks appear seamless, enabling you excel intentionally. It is easier to enter
such a state when you are passionate. Activities we love suck us in because we get into flow
as we engage them.

Flow is the ultimate motivator, not motivational speakers, motivational quotes or
motivational books. These will leave you euphoric and arouse a dopamine state. At most, this state will last twenty-four hours after the trigger. No doubt, they play a part, but only a state of flow will see you through seamlessly when it is time for action.

Sometimes you are not motivated to start a task. Nevertheless, if you have created good habits and systems, you will begin. In time, you become motivated to continue, and may ultimately enter the blissful state of flow.

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This week’s EI moment by a HR Professional

SELF-CONTROL AND INNOVATION

A consulting firm in the course of investigating 4, 265 people from company heads to blue-collar workers found a common thread among the files of wrecked careers―lack of self-control (Walter V Clark associates, 1996).

With the business media awash with sexual and physical harassment by organizational leaders. These are times when people who ought to be exemplary within an organization, find it difficult to control their impulses.

On August 28th, 2018 a top executive of a Nigerian bank in Liberia was caught on camera physically assaulting one of his junior managers. (Daily Post, 2018).

Countless of such job place violence remains unpublished.
Executives with self-control are able to think through the consequences before speaking or acting. This contributes to poise of character, earned respectability among subordinates, peers, and others. Those who report to such organizational leaders cannot but admire and internally pledge allegiance to the leader. This makes it easier for the leadership to fully optimize their human resources in furtherance of organizational goals.

Change is a constant in the business world.

Successful organizations will either initiate the change through innovation. Leaders and employees who innovate, take pleasure in originality. Pleasure in originality is an innovator’s emotional foundation to innovate (Goleman,1998).

And innovations must not be complex as the manufacture of the I-phone by Apple.

It can be simple as packing milk in small sachets, as initiated by Promasidor Nigeria Ltd, when it introduced the =N= 10 milk sachet in March 1993.

All hope is not lost if organizations are not the first who initiate such change, they can still benefit from it by quickly adapting to the processes and products.

Successful organizations are built to change. To become successful in an increasingly competitive business environment, organizations need to change and change continually (Lawler & Worley, 2006).

(Extracted from my MSc. Dissertation: Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Success)

The board of Open AI, owners of ChatGPT etc, sacked the CEO - Sam Altman some days ago.

700 out of 770 employees tendered their resignation letter, because of the sack.

Some hours ago, the board reversed their decision. Called Sam Altman back, as CEO.

To move the staff that way, Sam has influence. Even Steve Jobs didn't have such influence over his staff, when he was sacked.

Influence, isn't same with manipulation. The later is exploitative, the former is selfless.

Emotional Intelligence regards Influence as a social competence, necessary for success. Especially at leadership positions.