Emotional Intelligence - Yes, emotional intelligence is the number one requirement for success at any age, more important than IQ.  In fact, more people fail at work, at school, and at home due to low emotional intelligence than from lack of knowledge.  Yes, all truly successful people enjoy well developed emotional intelligence (which results from one thing: becoming really good at self-leadership).

The good news is that unlike IQ, emotional intelligence can be raised at any age.  Now, here is a new, four-week course to help do that.  The course is presented one evening a week via teleclass (use either a phone or computer).  One emotional intelligence talent is presented each week.

Week One – The first emotional intelligence talent is Intra-personal skill (that’s the ability to manage yourself).   That takes self-leadership, and know this about that:  Whether you are 14 or 40, effective self-leadership is essential for success in life.  Also, in week one, we'll refer to the most important relationship you can ever have - the one you have with yourself.  Yes, when you can be your own best friend, it's so much easier to form solid, satisfying relationships with others.

 Affirmation: My life: It's up to me so I value who I am, and choose how I think.

Week Two - The second emotional intelligence talent is Interpersonal skill (i.e., people skills) Learn how 3 of these 4 relationship styles are toxic to relationships and what to do about it.
1 - Win-Lose  (I want to win, so I'll make you lose.  The most common.)
2 - Lose-Win  (I'll lose just to let you win.  I'll accept being your victim.)
3 - Lose-Lose  (Maybe I'll lose, but I'm going to make you lose as well.)
4 - Win-Win  (I want to win in our relationship;  I want you to win too.)

Stop here for a moment and consider which relationships of yours are of high quality, and which are toxic.  Just the mere thought of a toxic relationship can bring tension into your life and block out positive experiences.  So naturally, as these negative relationships improve for you, the resulting emotions will improve in kind.  Then life will be more pleasant, peaceful, pleasurable and productive.  

Yes, when you win at relationships, you win at life.  So even if all of your relationships are already "okay," wouldn't you like to turn "okay" into good or excellent.

Affirmation:  I am kind, and I easily form win-win relationships.

Week Three - The third emotional intelligence talent is Stress Management (the ability to tolerate stress and control negative impulses)  Certain interactions (like parents and teenagers) can lead to some high stress situations.  Success lies in realizing that while you can't always control what is happening to you, you can always choose your  reaction to it.  Therein lies amazing power, whether you are 15 or 50.
            Negative people and events can hurt me,
            Depending on my response to them.
            But I can choose my response,
            I can control my reaction
            By using my greatest power,
            My power of choice.
            So it's not what happens to me that matters most,
            It's what I do about it that counts.

Affirmation: I control stress, and greet my challenges courageously. 

Week Four - The forth emotional intelligence talent is Mood (the inclination to be positive, happy, and enthusiastic about life)  Emotional fitness is even more important than physical fitness because you could be in poor shape physically and still be happy, but happiness eludes the emotionally unfit.  Applying emotional intelligence boosts happiness levels.  And happiness correlates highly with performance and productivity.  The goal here is to feel positive, peaceful, and on purpose in life.

Also in week 4, we will see how emotionally intelligent people utilize the mind-body connection to maximize their immune system's power for health.

Affirmation: My mind, my body, I empower each with the other.

So, Who Should Take This Course? 

Youth, especially:

1 -  Youth in high school and college who aspire to leadership in business, or to a helping profession like nursing, teaching, coaching etc. where good emotional intelligence is so essential 

2 - Stressed  students. A new study reports that 36% of our students feel over-stressed. 

3 - Teenagers whose relationship with one or both parents hurts, and want to know how to deal with that.

1 - Sales people:  The lifeblood of any business is sales.  And in selling anything, nothing determines success more than emotional intelligence.  When it's good, selling can be a noble and extremely satisfying career.  Without emotional intelligence, selling can be hell, both for the salesperson and the client/customer.

2 - Parents whose parent-child relationship is hurting.  Instead of just trying to force the child to change and expecting that to happen, these parents should also be willing to look at themselves.   If the parent-child relationship is already "okay" (but not great), this course can help deepen the relationship and strengthen the connection.

Also, anyone who:

1- Wants to become who they truly are, instead of what others want for them, or from them.  (You be you.)

2 - Desires a better balanced, more centered life.  (To find out how you rate here, the self-test from the menu bar at the top will tell you.)

Whether you are a youth or an adult, know this: The people in your life really need you - your love, your support, your compassion, and occasionally your forgiveness.  To offer all that requires emotional strength.

As a principal (a very kind one), a certified counseling specialist, and a Board of Education Chairman, I have dealt with a thousand relationships that miserably failed the win-win test:

        students vs. other students
students vs. teachers
teachers vs. parents
students vs. their own parents (this one is my specialty)

 And as a seminar presenter in cities across the country, I have taught coping skills to people facing problems at work.  (For testimonials see FAQs.)  Yes, both at school and in the workplace I have seen a real need for emotional intelligence so I created this course.  

 Do you know that when one of the two people within any relationship changes, the entire relationship dynamic will shift?  For example, if a parent-teen relationship is adversarial (where each may love the other, but not like them much), and either of them uses emotional intelligence to achieve more win-wins, the relationship will invariably improve.  

Another Benefit:  In this course, you're apt to hear about people in similar situations and learn from their struggles and successes. Yes, people are encouraged to anonymously share from their own knowledge and life experiences when that could assist others.  (If you don't want to participate, that's fine. Just listen in.)  You may submit questions before or during each teleclass.  And should you miss any, each teleclass is recorded for access later.

How Much Does It Cost?

The tuition fee for the four week is $97.  Please pay by making a donation.  If you were referred to this course by a non-profit group like a charity, school, church or club (or by someone fundraising for them),  give your tuition donation directly to that group in the manner they request.

However, if no group has asked you to donate to their worthy cause, please send your payment to Plan, the world-wide charity for children.  (Both Plan Canada and Plan USA are partnered with The Win-Win Club and officially endorse this course.)  You can send your $97 to Plan when the course is over (assuming you were well satisfied).  For Plan Canada, click on the following link to donate.  www.plancanada.ca/thewin-winclub. For Plan USA, click on the following link to help their special school project in Indonesia.   www.planusa.org/win.  Tax receipts will be issued to you by Plan.

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P.S. Remember, enhancing your EI may require you to challenge your own ideas and beliefs, and then change those you need to.  Any change will require two things:  Motivation (for the "why"), and Emotional Intelligence (for the "how").  If you bring the first, this course will provide the second.  The result:  A life that can be happily experienced and enjoyed at every age, even with its challenges.

Questions? Click on "Contact" in the menu bar at the top to e-mail or phone me, Fraser Rose.  I will be honored to help you.