Societies Can Be Sunk By The Weight

Companies In The East Put A Lot More Emphasis On Human Relationships, While Those From The West Focus On The Product, The Bottom Line. Westerners Appear To Have More Of A Need For Achievement, While In The East There's More Need For Affiliation.

But Once You Are In That Field, Emotional Intelligence Emerges As A Much Stronger Predictor Of Who Will Be Most Successful, Because It Is How We Handle Ourselves In Our Relationships That Determines How Well We Do Once We Are In A Given Job.

What Really Matters For Success, Character, Happiness And Life Long Achievements Is A Definite Set Of Emotional Skills - Your Eq - Not Just Purely Cognitive Abilities That Are Measured By Conventional Iq Tests.

One Of The Leading Theories Of Why Electroconvulsive Therapy Is Effective For Most Severe Depressions Is That It Causes A Loss Of Short-term Memory - Patients Feel Better Because They Can't Remember Why They Were Sad.

The Task Of Worrying Is To Come Up With Positive Solutions For Life's Perils By Anticipating Dangers Before They Arise. If We Are Preoccupied By Worries, We Have That Must Less Attention To Expend On Figuring Out The Answers. Our Worries Become Self-fulfilling Prophecies, Propelling Us Toward The Very Disaster They Predict.