These days, information regarding vitamins are widely available. It is a blessing because simply a few decades ago, information on vitamins were very slight. At that time, doctors would tell us that we get all the vitamins our body needs simply from our daily diet. But think about this, they didn't used to know that smoking was related to cancer either.
Fast forward to today. Nearly all doctors now suggest we take at least some form of multivitamins daily. There's also a growing trend in which the medical profession is learning more about vitamins and nutrition and how health is affected by them. It can be a long road because even today, many medical school do not include the benefits of vitamins within their curricula and how their intake affect our health. Some of this fact can be pointed to the fact that Western doctors in general are trained to treat the disease. They do not sometime understand much about how vitamins can be used as a preventable measure. All the high tech inventions will not save us if we do not address the basic needs of vitamins and the role it plays within the human body.
The need for vitamins in our daily diet is more important than ever. With our fast pace lifestyle and the food that we intake, dried, canned, extracted, repackaged. Vitamins serves its purpose by promoting health and filling in the gaps than fast food doesn't. It just mean it is more important than ever to keep vitamins in mind. Our advances in food processing did solve much of hunger issue in regards to food production and distribution. But at the same time, it also means what we ingest doesn't contain enough nuturients for best health. Which means taking health vitamin supplements is essential now more than ever. On top of that, eating fruits, grains and vegetables also aids in this matter.
If you're interested in learning more about how vitamins can affect your life, information is easily obtainable. You can subscirbe to newsletters from Andrew Weil, Dr. Susan Lark or Dr. David William. They all are authority in the field. Furthermore, each of them can offer you a sample of multivitamins formulas so you too can sample the benefits. Be sure to get the correct formula to you, some of them are made for women, some for seniors while other are tuned more for the athelete's body. By giving vitamins some more thought, you might very well see an increase in your overall resistance to illness as well as an energy boost. And who would't want that?
By enhancing the Emotional Intelligence (EI) of its employees, an organization can successfully leverage a key trend identified in Patricia Aburdene's Megatrends 2010: "The Wave of Conscious Solutions." As we enter this new era welcoming the widespread application of conscious techniques in business, ensure that your organization is an early adopter, reaping the benefits over your competitors who lag behind mired in traditional business beliefs.
Emotional Intelligence, a conscious solution to knee-jerk reactionary emotional habits, is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge from your emotions and the emotions of others. If you recognize what you feel, you can make better decisions about what actions to take (or not take). This knowledge enables you to use your emotions to help you make better choices in-the-moment and have more effective control over yourself and your impact on others.
The concept of Emotional Intelligence is based on brain research showing that these skills are different from technical and purely cognitive abilities because they involve a different part of the brain - the emotional center, the limbic system, rather than the neocortex. Emotional Intelligence is comprised of five basic competencies. The first is being aware of your feelings. The second is managing your feelings, especially distressing feelings. The third is self-motivation, the fourth is empathy, and the fifth is managing relationships. (1)
The Business Case
Emotional Intelligence abilities have been shown to be critical to individual and organizational success. (2,3) Research has shown that the benefits of enhancing EI skills are impressive, affecting numerous business/people issues, including increased innovation and creativity, improved decision-making, increased productivity, and increased profits. The business case for developing emotional intelligence becomes clear when we recognize that the emotions leaders, employees, and customers feel impact decision-making, mental clarity, and the bottom line of companies and the effectiveness of government and non-profit organizations.
The culture and climate of an organization as a whole are influenced by the emotions of the leaders. More specifically, leaders' emotions impact what employees feel, how satisfied they are, how loyal they are, and how productive and efficient they are. In turn, how employees feel and perform their work impact how customers feel, how satisfied they are with both products and services, and ultimately how loyal a customer is to the company or organization. And customer loyalty directly impacts the organization's bottom line and profitability.
Leadership is the core element in this set of relationships. Leaders are not just the CEO or Executive Vice President or Director. The in-charge person in every work team, every manager, and every individual in the organization is a leader. Self-leadership is one of the most important factors we focus on in skill development. Whether at work or at home, self-leadership is the internal ability to lead yourself to make the best choices and decisions moment-to-moment throughout the day.
Negative Impact on Business
Examining the impact of unmanaged emotional reactions and lack of emotional intelligence skills reveals the significant, negative impact on business. Lack of emotional intelligence skills and unmanaged emotions can lead to ...
- lack of innovation and creativity
- unsuccessful reengineering and process improvement initiatives
- slow development of high potential talent
- decreased productivity
- decreased customer satisfaction and customer loyalty
- career derailment
- high turnover
- stalled change initiatives
- declines in revenue
- increases in stress and healthcare costs
- negative organizational climate/culture
- workplace violence
Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills
The good news is Emotional Intelligence skills can be learned. However, there is a caveat: we are doomed to fail if we apply a training approach targeted for enhancing analytical or technical skills. Conventional programs do not include the factors by which the limbic system (emotional center of the brain) learns best - motivation, extended practice, and feedback. Developing emotional intelligence skills requires that individuals eliminate old behaviors and embrace new ones. And this requires practice and self-reflection on the impact of using the new skills.
Source:
1. Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books, 1995.
2. Daniel Goleman, "What Makes A Leader?" HBR, 1998.
3. Goleman, et. al., Primal Leadership, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2002.
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