EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
”Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.” (Lao Tzu)
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slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
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In Your Own Words…
what is the central message of the above quote by the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
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Getting Personal
Have you ever observed someone being treated unintelligently, but reacting in a way that you judged to be intelligent. What was the situation, and why do you consider the originating behavior to have been unintelligent, and then the subsequent reaction intelligent?
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” (John Stuart Mill)
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
Staying calm, cool and collected in the face of perceived ignorance, and even stupidity, and acting intelligently rather than heatedly irrational will go a long way towards contributing to positive and harmonious outcomes.
“Calmness is the cradle of power.” Josiah Gilbert Holland
“The best fighter is never angry.” Lao Tzu
“Opportunity seldom rises with blood pressure.” (Jarod Kintz)
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Quotation AI Assistant
Interested in seeing what artificial intelligence (ai) has to say about the meaning of today’s quotation? Compare it to your own interpretation. You may be fascinated, or even possibly humbled.
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