Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

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with my career every day since then for the last 20 years. And again just kind of understanding the
pressures on the other side. Understanding why I can’t vilify Congress for its action or inaction that
goes on now, I appreciate what they do.
Researcher: how did the mentor straight out of college who linked you up with PMI help you with
your emotional intelligence?
A2: What actually got me the job was the fact that we were both the same religion, and that piqued his
interest on my SF171. I didn’t state my religious preference, but through a society that I was a
memberhow I’d been taught to think and all that sort of of. And so I think that made him aware of
stuff. We never really talked about religion much, but I think it was his placing faith in me. I would
say I was introverted. – I’ve grown through life pretty And I wasn’t confident about myself. I
could be stupid cocky, but never really confident about my abilities. And so just having that act of
faith put in me was helpful ... (7 second pause) (chuckle) my wife – probably one of the most
perceptive comments shthat I “have the wonderful capacity to be oblivious.” e ever made about me was –
She denies ever having said it, but it’s one thing I do remember she said. That was a very accurate
description of me. Under the MyersI’m an off-the-chart ‘I’. The world could end and I -Briggs concept
wouldn’t realize it until 3 days later. I can get so focused on something I can tune out the whole
world ... that character trait has brought out both the good and the bad, if you will. The good of it is I
never really got inguy going up or me going up?” I mean, I to office politics or “why is that
occasionally got into it, but see no value or need for


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