Tag: emotional intelligence

The Counterfeit Architecture of Care: Why We Mistake Assistance for Intimacy

This essay is an investigation into the counterfeit architecture of care: the many convincing imitations of intimacy that leave us feeling quietly alone.

Prologue: The Three-Month Ghost

A few years ago, when a severe flu variant knocked me flat for a fortnight, a friend drove over an hour through a blinding rainstorm to bring me a container of hot soup.… Read the rest “The Counterfeit Architecture of Care: Why We Mistake Assistance for Intimacy”

The 6 Emotional States Most Likely to Distort Your Professional Judgement — And Specific Protocols for Each

↗ This post draws from the full taxonomy in: Emotional Granularity: The Evidence-Based Alternative to Emotional Intelligence Training — which covers all 27 states and includes the downloadable PDF reference.

Why Emotional States Distort Professional Judgement

The six emotional states most likely to distort professional judgement are not random. They appear at the same hinge points, across industries, across roles, across decades.… Read the rest “The 6 Emotional States Most Likely to Distort Your Professional Judgement — And Specific Protocols for Each”

What Emotional Granularity Is — And Why It’s More Useful Than EQ

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This post is the companion reference to the Medium essay on why EQ training fails — which covers the narrative argument. This post covers the operational tools.
What this post provides that the Medium article does not: the complete 27-emotion taxonomy table with physiological profiles and risk ratings; eight specific decision protocols for the high-risk states; a downloadable PDF reference; and curated reading recommendations with rationale.
… Read the rest “What Emotional Granularity Is — And Why It’s More Useful Than EQ”