Saturday, January 11, 2025

Emotional Intelligence & Inner Peace 🪷

All that we are is the result
of what we have thought.

Buddha


Better keep yourself clean and bright:
you are the window through which
you must see the world.

George Bernard Shaw


- Intelligence is the ability to spot patterns.
- Bodily intelligence is connected to your intuition.
- A quiet mind is able to hear intuition over fear.
- Your instincts and self-concept based on cultural inculcation is not your intuition.
- Clean eating. Whole food, plant-based diet.
- Practice spiritual disciplines, based on empathy and compassion.
- Consult mentors and experts. Use your intuition as to whether you trust their advice.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts
are someone else's opinions, their lives
a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Oscar Wilde


The body benefits from movement,
and the mind benefits from stillness.

Sakyong Mipham


Instinct guides the animal better than the man.
In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray
by his reason and intelligence.

Denis Diderot


- Treat your emotions as visitors. Allow all emotions to come to you.
- Understand what your emotions are telling you. For example, envy is you projecting your unrealized potential onto another. Ask yourself what it is that you need to do that you're not doing.

If a man thinks badly of you then he is worse
than you, those who are better than you
just don't care about you.

Nelson Mandela


1. Identify the stressor.
2. Create a calming atmosphere.
3. Find an outlet for stress. Journal.
4. Boost physical health.
5. Practice relaxation techniques.
6. Reassess priorities and take action.


1. Take a day off.
2. Do not engage in arguments and negative talk.
3. Remove negative influences.
4. Prayer and meditation.
5. Sleep and take care of yourself.


Your mind is like a garden - unless you
cultivate flowers, weeds will flourish.

Brian Tracy


1. Balance your day.
2. Find mindful practices that work for you.
3. Progress over perfection.
4. Never underestimate five minutes.
5. Ask yourself: Is this something I can control?

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear
understanding of one principle.
Some things are within your control.
And some things are not.

Epictetus


Freedom is what you do
with what's been done to you.

Jean-Paul Sartre


- Identify your triggers. Journal.
- Don't make decisions when you're emotional.
- Don't be a drama queen. 
- Don't tell. Journal.
- Don't bring your emotions to work.
- Don't try to bring other people down to your emotional level.
- Don't post on social media when you're emotional. 
- You reap what you sow even if you're trying to hide your identity while doing it.


- Acknowledge your physical reactions to your feelings.
- Calm yourself down. Take deep breaths. Relax.
- Avoid being sarcastic.
- Create an emotional strategy before things happen.
- Take care of your health. Eat well, get enough sleep, exercise regularly.
- Avoid toxic situations, people and places.

Let the refining and improving of your
own life keep you so busy that you have
little time to criticize others.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


Emotional triggers
- How do you want people to experience you?
- Decide ahead of time how you're going to act in difficult situations.
- Set a time limit. Have an exit strategy. End the conversation first.

The mind unconsciously loves problems
because they give an identity of sorts.
This is normal, and it is insane.

Eckhart Tolle


Courage is grace under pressure.
Ernest Hemingway


Never argue with stupid people.
They will drag you down to their level
and then beat you with experience.

Mark Twain


Know how to listen, and you will profit
even from those who talk badly.

Plutarch


People search for, interpret, and favor
information in a way that confirms
or supports their existing beliefs.

Jonah Berger


If anyone can show me, and prove to me,
that I am wrong in thought or deed,
I will gladly change. I seek the truth,
which never yet hurt anybody. It is only
persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm.

Marcus Aurelius


Kindness is like snow - It beautifies
everything it covers.

Khalil Gibran


The superior person is calm and composed;
the lesser person is continuously
worried and distressed.

Confucius


Those who are serious in ridiculous matters
will be ridiculous in serious matters.

Cato the Elder


The mind must have relaxation, and will rise
stronger and keener after recreation.

Seneca


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