Sami

“Regard—the ability to recognize your strengths and weaknesses and to feel good about yourself despite your weaknesses; and Self-Actualization—the ability to persistently try to improve yourself and pursue meaningful goals that lead to a richer life.”
― Steven J. Stein, The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success

“Reality Testing—the ability to see things as they actually are, rather than the way you wish or fear they might be;”
― Steven J. Stein, The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success

“Unfortunately, empathy often falls by the wayside because when we need it most, we're least open to using it—that is, when we're under stress, misunderstood, irritated, or defensive.”
― Steven J. Stein, The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success

“Platonicity is what makes us think that we understand more than we actually do. But this does not happen everywhere. I am not saying that Platonic forms don’t exist. Models and constructions, these intellectual maps of reality, are not always wrong; they are wrong only in some specific applications. The difficulty is that a) you do not know beforehand (only after the fact) where the map will be wrong, and b) the mistakes can lead to severe consequences. These models are like potentially helpful medicines that carry random but very severe side effects.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable