Mark Scherer, PhD - How To Improve Your Emotional Intelligence and Why You Should

Send us a text Summary: Mark Scherer, PhD had been a life-long entrepreneur until a severe accident motivated him to pivot to coaching. In 2018, Mark founded Encompass Life, a professional training and coaching company, and developed Quantum Leap Technique™ coaching. In this episode, Mark talks about the problems we face when we don’t work on our emotional intelligence; the processes we can use to gain control over and improve our emotional intelligence; and how improving our emotional intelligence can positively impact all aspects of life. Chapters: [0:00 - 5:49] Introduction Welcome, Mark! Today’s Topic: Improving Your Emotional Intelligence [5:50 - 18:23] What is the problem? How poor emotional intelligence stems from childhood woundings The impact of being comfortably miserable in your “familiar zone” [18:24 - 30:27] How to gain more control over your own emotional intelligence Using the “Quantum Leap” technique Using language to reframe and resolve issues [30:28 - 42:11] How do improvements to emotional intelligence ripple throughout all aspects of life How healing one aspect of your life will affect all other aspects On managing emotional reactions at work and in life [42:12 - 45:45] Final Thoughts & Closing A brief comment on woundings in the workplace Thanks for listening! Quotes: “To really have the life you love, you gotta find what limits you the most is also what you hate the most about yourself and what you defend the most.” “What people fear the most is giving up their excuses—they fear giving up their identity. Who would you be if you didn’t have that fear?”Contact:Dr. Mark's LinkedInDavid's LinkedInDwight's LinkedInPodcast Manger: Karissa HarrisEmail us!Production by Affogato Media To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting For more HR Data Labs®, enjoy the HR Data Labs Brown Bag Lunch Hours every Friday at 2:00PM-2:30PM EST. Check it out here: https://hrdatalabs.com/brown-bag-lunch/ Produced by Affogato Media