There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.
Daniel GolemanRead
We need to re-create boundaries. When you carry a digital gadget that creates a virtual link to the office, you need to create a virtual boundary that didn't exist before.
Interpretation
Establishing boundaries is essential in a digitally connected world to maintain a work-life balance.
In an age where digital devices keep us constantly connected to our workplaces, it is crucial to create virtual boundaries to distinguish work time from personal time. This means making a conscious effort to not let the demands of our professional lives intrude upon our personal time, thereby fostering a healthier work-life balance and preventing burnout.
In practice
During a work seminar on mental health, one might say, 'As Daniel Goleman points out, we need to re-create boundaries in our digital lives.'
There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.
Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.
In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels
Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.
Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation.
What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.
On the Internet, it's survival of the easiest.... Give users a good experience and they're apt to turn into frequent and loyal customers. But ... it's easy to turn to another supplier in the face of even a minor hiccup. Only if a site is extremely easy to use will anybody bother staying around.
As more intelligent computer assistance comes into being, it will amplify human progress.
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".
I wrote an ad for Apple Computer: "Macintosh - We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end".
The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings.
It is deeply against my principles to work on any project that I think is to weaponize AI.
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