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Emotional Intelligence (EI) is Only Half the Battle

I had a moment the other day where I caught myself saying, “Yeah, yeah, I’m fine.” You know that one? Where you’re technically functioning… but your shoulders are somewhere near your ears and your jaw’s doing its own workout. That’s usually a clue something’s not as “fine” as we’d like to believe. Emotional intelligence is […]

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