April 2009

Emotions in business

I wonder why we don’t think emotions belong in business. We give it lip-service, but when it boils right down to it, we throw the baby (emotions) out with the bathwater in the name of efficiency or effectiveness.

Most visionaries succeed by being emotionally extreme. This does not mean degrading business things that require mental gears by throwing emotion at it, but using emotion strategically to affect areas that prosper with emotional intelligence laced through them.Read More >>