The Leading Edge - Feeling Anxious?

Mark Goulston — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:01:46 +0000

In anxious times, keep a leash on your fearful aggression
and embolden your fearful avoidance.
If you don't get a handle on your anxiety,
it will manhandle you.

Fearful
aggression is what every show dog trainer needs to train out of their
dog if they want to win "Best in Show." It occurs when fear causes dogs
to growl and bark. On the other hand fearful avoidance causes dogs to
cower which is not going to win them any ribbons either.

The Leading Edge - No Country for (Angry) Old Men or Women - Are you listening Hillary and John McCain?

Mark Goulston — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:16:04 +0000

Hillary Clinton waged a negative campaign and it sounds like
John McCain is getting bankrolled to do the same thing. Barack Obama can be occasionally pulled down
to that level, but clearly he doesn't like to engage in dirty or negative
politics.

Is the guy chicken? Is he afraid to engage in a knock down
drag out battle? Or is something else
going on?

The Leading Edge - Election '08 - The Best Man for the Job is a Woman

Mark Goulston — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:36:57 +0000

I love flip-flopping as I look at the Presidential campaign through the lens of emotional intelligence. Maybe I should run for office.

Here goes my current iteration.

Obama is a charmer, not a fighter. Clinton is a fighter, not a charmer. Clinton is a bulldog and it’s beginning to “feel” like Obama is slinging a lot of bull.

Given how uphill a battle it seems to get anything accomplished, I can see the advantage of a bulldog over someone with charm, but possibly not much else.

The Leading Edge - Post PA Primary Debrief - Looking for Leverage in All the Wrong Places

Mark Goulston — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:34:22 +0000

It’s not what you can do (Obama) or what you will do (Clinton),
it’s what you’ve already done
that has made a positive, lasting and measurable difference
that earns you leverage.

I
was trying to figure out my mixed feelings after the Pennsylvania
primary and where my ambivalence towards Obama and Clinton comes from.

The Leading Edge - Deja Pu - Obama, Clinton and O.J. Simpson

Mark Goulston — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:28:40 +0000

"This
Presidential campaign is starting to be a circus," my friend proclaimed to me.

Talk about
flashbacks. I immediately thought of the
O.J. Simpson criminal trial in which I served as an advisor to the
prosecution. I remember what started out
as the chance to showcase to the world how justice could be served by the
sequential and orderly presentation of indisputable evidence turned by mid-trial
into anything but that. Somewhere along

The Leading Edge - In the Best Interest of Your Child

Mark Goulston — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:25:52 +0000

(also at basil and spice and peoplejam)

Children get mannerisms and attitudes from both parents
but develop their inner calm and feeling of well being
from how much their parents like, trust and respect each other.

The Leading Edge - Obama/Clinton/McCain - an opportunity is not a vision

Mark Goulston — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:50:21 +0000

The three most important abilities of a leader are:

The Leading Edge - Help Wanted: President, USA

Mark Goulston — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:26:40 +0000

Help Wanted: American President
Qualifications: Must be playing with a full deck

With
the media's teeth firmly embedded in the necks of the three
Presidential candidates, it's become increasing unclear what we can
truly believe or not believe about them. But one thing is clear. The
ambivalence that voters feel toward Obama, Clinton and McCain tells us
more about ourselves than about them.

The Leading Edge - A College Rejection is Not the End of the World...or Your Life

Mark Goulston — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:52:46 +0000

After the initial disappointment of not getting into their top choice wears off,
most college students feel like failures not from the rejection.
It comes from internalizing the feeling they have let their parents down.
These are the parents who were over-invested in the result from the start,
who can't get over their disappointment

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The Leading Edge - Gore/Obama '08, Obama/? '12

Mark Goulston — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:17:48 +0000

(also at basil and spice)

A Presidential Prediction From the World of Emotional Intelligence

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