Vista Community Church

Just pulled the latest podcast down, to post this one. The former was fine...just some innocuous commentary on the Stand Your Ground law passed recently in Ohio. But the violence (which is becoming tragically frequent) found in the news this morning just wrecked my heart for those who are suffering...

This the LAST(!) segment on Emotional Intelligence. This installment includes some simple tools for improving empathy...that is, understanding and compassion for others. Empathy (others-awareness) is a necessary complement to self-awareness, and a critical component of overall Emotional Intelligence.

To be a Christian is to love others, to hold others interests and best as of greater value than your own. I would argue that you cannot do that without increasing emotional intelligence...and particular: Empathy.

Phase 3 of Self-awareness: Recognize your "problem patterns," ie., where and how YOU make a mess but often don't see it as your problem related to your low EIQ.  (I mention Dunning-Krugger in this podcast, here's some further study. Thanks Tom – for sharing this concept with me a few months back...this comes up in all sorts of settings and situations...a LOT!)

In retrospect Good Friday is good, very good, but at the time...not so much. So why dwell on it? There's good reason.

The first step within the Self-Awareness component of EIQ is identifying your distractions, and, of course, turtles.

Had a great conversation with about a dozen Vista folks, and a little bit more regarding Emotional Intelligence...