Look Where You Leap: Manifesting Good Things in Your Life

What I am about to tell you is a little bit embarrassing. I share it with you in the hope that we may all be reminded of an important life-changing practice.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine, who is an experienced mountain biker, invited me to join him on a mountain cycling expedition. I took him up on the offer (mistake number one)—although to be fair, for the most part the experience was fun. However, at one point while descending a hill, I hit a section of the trail that was ravaged with gnarly grooves (some as much as a foot deep). When I saw the grooves, I tensed up (mistake number two). Focusing intently on the grooves so as to avoid them (mistake number three), I instead slipped into the grooves with gravity thrusting me forward from a bad angle . . . with a bad result. I went over, face-forward. I only saved the aforementioned face by sacrificing my arm and notably my elbow—which still hurts even as I write. Luckily I escaped more serious injury.

Why am I telling you this sad story? To garner a little pity?

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Emotionally Intelligent Power: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Emotional intelligence is about the ability to navigate interpersonal relationships constructively. In my latest book I describe the three dimensions of the interpersonal world: Power, Heart and Mindfulness. When we find that dynamic balance or “synergy” between all three (in their positive mode) we find emotional intelligence and optimal human functioning. And when we don’t have that balance, we get disharmony and human dysfunction. This is never so true as when it comes to the Power dimension.

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