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Dr. Marc Brackett, psychologist
Opinion
The traveling ambassador
World
Weekend
of emotional intelligence
By Cesar E. Tordesillas
Sports
Career Times The relatively new field of psychology, emotional intelligence, is
Religion keeping Dr. Marc Brackett awake most of the time, but he is not
complaining.

His working hours, in fact, straddle different time zones as he crosses

over countries to keep up with his unusually heavy speaking
engagements.

On arrival, his topsy-turvy schedule often has him wondering where in

fact he lands this time and could somebody give him the time,
please. That exactly was what happened when he woke up in a
Pacific time zone in another country on the morning of November 29,
2005, a few hours before his 1 p.m. symposium at the Manila
Peninsula.

“Katrina just tells me where to go and what flight to take next,” said
Brackett. “I just came from Myanmar and Singapore and several other
countries. I don’t know where I’m going next. That’s Katrina’s job,”
he added.

Katrina (the doctor failed to give his last name) is a girl from the
organizing group that brought Dr. Brackett to Manila to conduct a Sponsored Links
landmark symposium entitled, “Life Skills for your Child: IQ Gets Him
Through School, EI Gets Him Through Life.”

Dr. Brackett explained that ten years ago, the term emotional
intelligence was considered to be oxymoron. “How can you be
intelligent with your emotions. In fact, there’s a saying that in order
to make intelligent decisions you should not follow your heart,” he
said.

Dr. Brackett’s gave timely, often entertaining, insights on the subject

that is now making people realize that emotion cannot be separated
from intelligence, and that it is important if one wants to succeed in
life and career.

“Leaders with high emotional skills do better in their companies. While

a high IQ will get you to a good school, there are other skills
responsible for your success like getting along well with others and
practical skills like knowing how to talk to the boss,” Brackett
lectured.

While the sphere of importance of emotional intelligence is relatively

new, it’s not actually as new as many people think.

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Dr. Brackett classified the four areas of emotional intelligence as the

ability to perceive, generate, understand and manage emotions.

According to Brackett, emotions follow logical patterns and the ability

to understand emotions requires one to determine what happened
previously that led to a person feeling or reacting in such a way.
And since emotions stir our interest, we should be able to manage
it—like managing your fear in speaking before a huge crowd. Once a
person overcomes that fear, he becomes a better public speaker.

Brackett emphasized the importance of facial expressions in perceiving

and generating emotions.

“I once had a female co-worker who immediately leaves the room

every time he submits her paper work to me. I then asked her: How
come you always immediately leave after you submit your work. She
replied: It’s very depressing to see your facial expressions every time
you read my work!” Brackett narrated. “I clarified the matter and told
her: ‘I actually liked your work, it’s just that I’m intense in analyzing
the papers submitted to me.’ That five minutes of conversation
changed my relationship with this co-worker and we have been going
along well ever since.”

A 5th degree black belt in the Korean martial arts of Hapkido (the

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way of coordinated power) and KuHapDo (Korean Sword), Dr. Brackett

had been teaching martial arts for the last 18 years and found that
using the proper facial expression had enormous bearing on his
students every time they competed.

“My students get punched and kicked and if they get hurt, they look
at my direction. I cannot cringe or show them negative expressions. I
show them facial expressions that encourage them to continues,” he
explained.

In fact, Dr. Brackett’s vast experience in the martial arts has brought
him to situation when he gets to perceive a person’s emotional
intelligence.

“While I was training in Korea, there were two masters who were the
highest ranking in the gym. You could feel the rivalry and professional
jealousy but it is never discussed inside the training hall. After one
training session, many of us headed to a karaoke bar with the
masters and after one of the masters had too much to drink, he
pulled me over to and told me: I am number one. That situation
revealed who between the two is more insecure about himself,”
explained Brackett.

“Emotions are valuable data. It tells about environment, about people.

People are now realizing the importance of emotions as part of the
modern view of intelligence,” Brackett preached.

And before Katrina books him to his next speaking destination in

another area in the planet, he imparted a simple message to his
listeners: “Smile more often and you could have more positive
emotions in you and make people around you feel better.”

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