Business Leaders with Emotional Intelligence #leadershipdevelopment #businessleadershippodcast

You know, I didn't hear emotional intelligence until it was actually probably maybe 2017 when I got home from Afghanistan. I was really struggling, man. And you know, that struggle, like you just said, your message is your message. I was struggling so bad that 6 months after I returned home, I hit a deep, deep depression. The PTSD really set in and I just didn't have any joy in my life. And I had to go to therapy for the first time in my life. And that therapist introduced me to the whole concept of empathy, emotional intelligence. Really, in essence, it's all about emotions and understanding and taking time to process, admit when you're wrong, being your authentic self. And a lot of people think that it ties into being soft, being weak. It does not. It's actually the opposite. It's being able to have those tough conversations. It's being able to call someone out. And call yourself out when you do make a mistake and owning up to that. So it's all those things and more.