Changing Together

It was about 15 years ago.  Thirty-some intrepid learners journeyed from six countries to the first Six Seconds EQ Certification. People read Dan Goleman’s 1995 book, and saw his description of our Self-Science process as a model for teaching EQ, so they adventured to find out.  This was when the internet was new, and it was such a marvelous surprise to hear from people on the other side of the planet! In that first EQ Certification, and hundreds since, we heard something powerful: I thought I was alone doing this work.  It’s incredibly powerful to realize that there are people all over working toward an emotionally intelligent world.”

From “Why NexusEQ?”

Today, I see this when we start our webinars and allies check in from around the globe.  I see it when we’re meeting with network members… like walking the streets of Brisbane with Tanabe-san from Japan – or eating sushi in Dublin with Francesca (who’s Italian living in Luxembourg – and is talking about this phenomenon on the video to the above right).

One of the, perhaps the, deepest human motivator is belonging.  When we feel connected, we can take risks.  Learn.  Change.  We can bring our best forward even when it’s difficult.  We can exercise emotional intelligence.

A year later, we decided to hold the first truly international emotional intelligence conference.  Inspired by that feeling of connectedness, we decided to call the conference “NexusEQ.”  It’s about connection.  The connection of EQ allies around the globe.  The connection of science and practice.  The connection of head + heart + hands.

Perhaps that’s the real power of emotional intelligence — these are the skills that allow us to connect.  To understand ourselves and each other.  To see, to feel, beneath the surface.  To lean in.

This year, the NexusEQ Conference is at Harvard University in June.  It’s been an incredible adventure, and much has changed since that first certification and the first NexusEQ.  But the need for connectedness is unchanged.  Despite all the amazing technology that brings us together as never before… we still, and perhaps even more so, need to develop our capability to connect with each other, and within ourselves.

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