I wrote an article with this exact title a few years ago. Since then, it’s been deleted, and I probably don’t have the original file for it. I say probably because I didn’t go looking for it prior to writing this current article. I am excited about 2025. I am not in a rush for 2025 but right now I am of the mindset of, be ready so you don’t have to get ready. So, over the next few weeks until 2025 officially starts, me and the Life with Ken brand will be getting ready for 2025. What this looks like for you should you choose to prepare as well is, I will be creating content with information I think will be key for going into and getting through 2025.
I wanted to title this article, “Saying F*** Off to Other People’s Expectations”, but for the sake of reducing some profanity around here in the last weeks of 2024, you get that version of the title in this capacity instead. One of the main points critical to understanding what I am communicating in this article is emotional intelligence. I don’t really like talking about emotional intelligence because I think it’s a red herring. The issue I have with EI is that it can be abused and is sometimes abusive. What I mean by that is the burden of EI can be unfair.
Why should you or someone else demonstrate EI but not have it reciprocated? Everyone wants to be understood, which is the thrust of EI, but the same people, part of the everyone, don’t always want to do the reciprocal understanding, which makes EI valuable. In this scenario the person exhibiting EI ends up being in a lop-sided situation where they now have the expectation of, resonating with themselves and proliferating that resonance with everyone else. That type of imbalance can lead to various types of conflicts.
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