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Guest 1: Jim Smith
Title:  CIO, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine

Guest 2:  Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D.
Title: CIO, City of Palo Alto, CA

An important aspect of being a successful leader is to be able to connect well with others at a human level and get them to voluntarily follow your vision. This is social intelligence. Managers are measured on getting the job done vs. interpersonal effectiveness. How do we groom managers who are step up leadership candidates on this vital trait?

Developing Social Intelligence in Managers

What is social intelligence and why do you need it? What are the best social data and listening tools out there? How can you calculate ROI on social media intelligence? To get the answers, I've had a chat with Catriona Oldershaw, co-founder of The Insights Distillery and previous speaker at Social Media London.

Read all about it: http://linkhumans.com/podcast/social-intelligence-catriona-oldershaw

Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/smknowhow

A Guide to Social Intelligence, with Catriona Oldershaw of The Insights Distillery

JOLSID.com - Emotional Intelligence is something we all hear about but most of us either don&rsquo;t have a clear understanding of it or have understood EI to be some overly exaggerated trait.
Here is the history of Emotional Intelligence. The term emotional intelligence was first used as a reference in a paper written by Michael Beldoch in 1964. The first use of the term was in Wayne Payne&rsquo;s doctoral thesis in 1985, A Study of Emotion: Developing Emotional Intelligence. It wasn&rsquo;t until 1995 that the term became widely known. The best-selling book written by Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence - Why it can matter more than IQ lead to the popularity of EI.
In simple terms &ldquo;Emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behaviors&rdquo;.
Currently there are 3 main models of EI.

Ability Model
Mixed Model
Trait Model

Today we will be discussing the most popular model, that&rsquo;s the Mixed Model.
Mixed Model
The 5 key components of the Mixed model of Emotional Intelligence are:

Self-awareness &ndash; the ability to know one's emotions, strengths, weaknesses, drives, values and goals and recognize their impact on others while using gut feelings to guide decisions.
Self-regulation &ndash; involves controlling or redirecting one's disruptive emotions and impulses and adapting to changing circumstances.
Social skill &ndash; managing relationships to move people in the desired direction
Empathy - considering other people's feelings especially when making decision
Motivation - being driven to achieve for the sake of achievement.

There are three different parts to our brain. The First Brain, the Emotional Brain, and the Rational Brain.
The First Brain (brain stem) is where all of our automatic responses come from, as well as where our habits are formed. This is the most basic form of our brain out of the three that we are discussing. The first brain links us to our external world through our skin, pores and nerves. It controls which impulses we recognize and which will be passed on to the two higher levels.Our habits are formed in this brain by imitation, avoidance, and repetition. Information enters this brain usually without any conscious awareness. We have the opportunity to make this information conscious and use it to our benefit, as biofeedback and hypnosis have shown us.
The Emotional Brain (limbic system) is where our &ldquo;hunches, intuitions, and gut reactions&rdquo; come from. These reactions become stronger as we move through life because we have more experiences which store more information in our limbic system. Intuition is the emotional learning we have gained over years. A 14 year olds intuition will not be as stronger as a 50 year olds because they have not experienced enough life to make connections between experiences. As we grow older, we gain more reliable emotional data that can offer us valuable clues in our life, as well as it can guide our behaviour, if we become aware its existence and learn to interpret it.
The Rational Brain (neocortex) is the part of the brain that helps us solve problems, make decisions, question things, plan, and generate new ideas; as well as assisting us with functions related to thinking and language. The rational brain and the emotional brain are connected, allowing them to influence one another. This helps provide our brain with rich data on which to draw conclusions and initiate action.
Our emotional responses have been around for centuries. They helped our ancestors with their survival responses. Emotional responses are milliseconds faster than our cognitive, or thinking responses. This could mean the split second of survival when an animal is chasing you.
The limbic, or emotional brain sends a warning of crisis before the neocortex, or rational...

JS005 How to Increase Emotional Intelligence (Social Skills, Motivation, Self- Awareness)

We recently received some great feedback from a listener. The listener asked why we don't simply focus on success hacks for Creatives and Entrepreneurs.
I totally agree creatives and entrepreneurs are in a similar domain but why Athletes.
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So, thanks to our listener for your feedback because it resulted in this episode.
Entrepreneurs, if you don&rsquo;t have the tenacity and self-confidence of an athlete then it will &nbsp;be a tough road for you. 
The Athletes that don't have the creativity and the hacker mentality of an Entrepreneur than it will be hard for you as well.
So, for any individual either Athlete or an Entrepreneur they must possess or either acquire the following traits:
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Evolving Creativity
Self-Confidence
Tenacity
and a Hacker mindset, which is being open-minded and always looking for efficient ways to solve a problem... continue reading

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JS021 Entrepreneur VS Athlete: DNA of SUCCESS

World today is moving much faster. Skills required for us to perform at higher levels have increased rapidly as well. Now we are expected to have the working knowledge of more than one thing. People are now acquiring more and more skills and that has raised the benchmark of what an average person needs in order to either compete in their job market or for an entrepreneur running their own business
 So the question is in this fast paced world of constant changes &nbsp;how do we increase our cognitive performance to keep up and excel in the world...... continue reading
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JS023 Science of How to LEARN new SKILLS fast

There&rsquo;s one chemical that&rsquo;s responsible for our mood, anxiety and sleep patterns?The star of today&rsquo;s show is 5-HTP or 5-hydroxytryptophan (also known as the serotonin precursor), It&rsquo;s an amino acid which our body makes by breaking down another amino acid called tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that we obtain from various foods. Once 5-HTP is made, with the help of Vitamin B6 it&rsquo;s converted into another chemical called Serotonin. And as we all know, Serotonin is the &ldquo;happy&rdquo; neurotransmitter that controls everything from our mood to our... continue reading
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JS024 5HTP for INSOMNIA, ANXIETY and PANIC-ATTACKS

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It&rsquo;s pretty common knowledge that exercise helps you feel better, physically AND mentally. But have you ever wondered what happens deep down inside our brains that give us that euphoric feeling? Science claims that there are neurobiological effects of physical exercise ranging from change in brain structure, brain function, and cognition. Doing any kind of physical activity helps, however studies have shown that aerobic activity specifically has been found to increase behavioural and neural plasticity, as well as long term effects such as: increased neurological activity, improved memory, improved stress coping and enhanced cognitive control of behaviour...continue reading
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JS025 Science of BRAIN GROWTH and REGENERATION with workout

Choline is a water-soluble nutrient, which is grouped with the B-complex vitamins. To humans, it&rsquo;s an essential nutrient because it&rsquo;s used as a precursor or a &ldquo;building block&rdquo; of a neurotransmitter, acetylcholine. Inside the brain, acetylcholine acts as a neuromodulator altering the way our brain structures process information from point to point having a direct impact on mental clarity and memory.
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In 1998 the National Academy of Sciences, USA, evaluated that choline as a required nutrient for humans and recommended daily intake amounts. Choline is one of those key molecules in the world of neuroscience, that has gained popularity in the past few decades due to its ability to not only enhance memory, but also tackle the big guys like Alzheimer's disease. 
Memory-EnhancerA study conducted in 2004 by Dr. SH Zeisel suggested that when rat pups received choline supplements (in utero or in the second week of their life), their brain function changed the development of the hippocampus in the brain resulting in enhanced memory function. Choline supplementation is......continue reading
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JS026 Choline: How to increase MENTAL CLARITY and reduce BRAIN AGING

Elevated blood sugars damage blood vessels causing progressive decline in brain function. Studies conducted on subjects living with diabetes indicated deficits in learning, memory, motor speed and other cognitive functions. Frequent exposure to high levels of sugar lowers brain capacity, as higher HbA1C (hemoglobin A1c - used to measure plasma glucose concentration) levels is associated with greater degree of brain shrinkage. According to a 2011 study, there was a positive correlation between higher sugar intake and lower cognitive function, which was measured by......continue reading
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JS027 How sugar impairs MEMORY and causes COGNITIVE decline

Have you ever heard of the Mozart effect?
A set of research results indicating that listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks.
Later it was mis-interpreted that listening to Mozart can: raise IQ by focusing attention, enhance creativity, reduce stress and tension by moderating heartbeat, blood pressure, and body temperature.
Other labs were...continue reading
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JS028 Science of MUSIC, increased HAPPINESS and CREATIVITY

So you want to be successful, happy and financially independent as soon as possible. 
You think you have the best idea that will help you accomplish this goal fast.
Now a few months have passed and there is no change in your personal finances and your golden idea doesn&rsquo;t seem to be as golden any more. You start to doubt yourself and you get more focused on the daily routine of the same job (if you have one) &nbsp;or if not then the process of finding one.
Now lounging around and doing nothing, feels good, but when it becomes a regular part of your life then you start to wonder what&rsquo;s going on? Why am I lazy? What&rsquo;s wrong with me? Is it just me or are others lazy as well? Are some people lazier than others?
You ask yourself all these questions.....continue reading
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JS029 How Couch Potato Gene impacts MOTIVATION and SUCCESS

Imagine that you&rsquo;re an employee trying to transition to an entrepreneur life. You will need resources to jumpstart a great business idea. How do you get people to help? How do you convince clients or customers to go with you and not with their current vendor?
If your target audience are global then how would you communicate to global audience without running into cross - cultural differences? &nbsp;Another situation could be as a leader you need your employees or team to change the direction of a project, with ease without significant opposition?....continue reading

JS035 How to INFLUENCE and ENGAGE

As humans, we possess a natural
human need to form relationships and belong to a group. Therefore,
there exists a strong motivation for us....(continue reading)

JS040 Likeness (Persuasion) - How to INFLUENCE (Part 1.4)

RE:HUMAN podcast by JOLSID is about Decoding Life & Hacking Success with the help of Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology and Bio-hacks. 

This podcast will provide you with the scientific facts and cutting edge research that you can apply to your daily lives, in order to enhance your cognitive performance and significantly improve the quality of your life.

JS005 How to Increase Emotional Intelligence (Social Skills, Motivation, Self- Awareness)

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