DB BedfordFounder/ CEO, Ei365 · Chief Civility Strategist| Founder of Civility Intelligence | Workplace Civility Expert| Civility Ambassador Academy

The way things are unfolding right now your emotional intelligence needs to be on speed dial.

25 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker warns listeners that collective emotions are heightened due to constant media exposure, uncertainty, and a cascade of negative feelings such as anxiety, depression, frustration, and anger. The speaker emphasizes that navigating this climate requires intentional emotional intelligence: speaking less, thinking more, processing feelings, and actively removing sources of negativity from one’s life. The core message is a call to be kind, purposeful, and to curate a positive environment amid societal turbulence.

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Just want to warn you, just be mindful. Emotions are high right now. People are feeling a certain kind of way every day. They pick up the phone and they scroll, and media is just poking at the human spirit. It is very challenging to be if you're not intentional about how you feel. So I'm just gonna encourage you in today's time to say less, think more, and process it all. Because emotional intelligence is needed more than ever. And, uh, when you look at the constant chain of events, the way things are unfolding, and we just getting started. So with the level of uncertainty, uh, the level of anxiety, the level of depressing— depression, frustration, anger— just be intentional about being kind and being a good human. And anything that's not adding positivity to your life, it's definitely time to start subtracting it. Peace.