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Before you can be Emotionally Intelligent, you have to be Emotionally Literate*

Imagine going to a country you don’t speak the language (no cheating with Google translate). Frustration and misunderstanding will govern your staying there. Like being stuck outside a locked door, knowing there is a beautiful garden behind it. Now imagine all of the sudden you speak the language fluently. How much better are all your interactions, all of the sudden!...

Hic Sunt Dracones

Hic Sunt Dracones In medieval times, cartographers would inscribe warnings on uncharted areas of their maps—places where the known world ended, and uncertainty began. “Hic sunt dracones” or “Hic sunt leones” (“Here be dragons” or “Here be lions”) served as both cautionary notes and invitations to the brave. These warnings marked potential dangers but also hinted at untold opportunities for...