re: Rational v. Emotional thinking: the posi-nega distinction

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That’s a distinction without a difference. Talk to any nueroscientist and they’ll tell you: affect (i.e. emotion) and cognition (your “rationality”) are interlinked.

“Emotional thinking” is a perfectly normal form of “rationality” within the psychology literature.

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People with low EQ are typically unsuccessful. As much as you see Saban screaming and yelling, his EQ is high. His demand to perfection is even higher. His yelling is an outward effect HE CHOOSES to present to people with lower EQ to CAUSE an emotional response and motivate them ie he isn’t mad at all. He is constantly focusing on the process. The performer’s role is clear and he is able to “see” negative effects that behaviors will have on executing his process 5 steps before they will happen. He predicts and adjusts before the negative consequences better than anyone I’ve seen because of the way he prepares his team.

You probably think we “see with our eyes too”.
So much I can say on this subject... a big part of my job in my latter years was to coach other execs...