Positive Intelligence Quotient (aka PQ) –
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“The reason we feel anxious is because in the back of our minds we know that control is an illusion.”
—Shirzad Chamine
At the suggestion of one of my respected colleagues, Joan Yue, Ph. D., who is a personal coach and healer, I decided to register for Shirzad Chamine’s course on Positive Intelligence (PQ). You’re probably familiar with the term, IQ (an individual’s Intelligence Quotient as determined by tests used in our educational system).
You might also be aware of the concept of EQ, a person’s Emotional Intelligence Quotient. It is defined by Oxford Languages as “The capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.”
How Is Positive Intelligence (PQ) Different?
PQ advocates contend that, while your IQ and EQ contribute to your maximum potential, it is your PQ that determines how much of that potential you achieve.
We often fail to manifest what we desire in life because there may be a war going on between our mind’s judgmental saboteurs and our higher wisdom’s ability to employ the perspective of a “Sage.” When following the PQ suggestions, the Sage can help us remove those negative judgments and substitute a constructive, peaceful way of overcoming the stress and negative consequences associated with tainted thinking and emotional responses.
Let’s listen to Shirzad’s description in a lecture he presented in Talks at Google.
Positive Intelligence (PQ) is the name of Shirzad Chamine’s New York Times best-selling book. It’s also the name of his method that we all can use for measuring our Mental Fitness (MF).
MF includes rebounding quickly from negativity (emotions or circumstances) and substituting positive, constructive techniques for creating more harmonious or successful outcomes.
Our PQ indicates how quickly we recover from counterproductive to positive responses to challenges. The classes teach ways in which to do it faster, more consistently, and with health benefits to our minds/bodies/spirits/and emotions.
The following is information about him, as well as a way in which you can register through a certified trainer, who may be able to offer a discounted price. (No, I don’t get paid for writing this blog.) Continue Reading →
I’m about to teach you how I psyched myself up to access my creativity – by using chakras as the foundation for Haiku poetry – when I had to write “upbeat” pieces of work for publication right after having to Euthanize another (the third during the pandemic) of my pets who had been with me for eighteen years. You also can overcome grief, physical pain, or “just being stuck,” by employing these techniques – with or without the poetry.
Get your coffee or tea and whatever you need to answer these questions in writing. You’re going to fill out your responses now and see what amazing changes in your thoughts occur when you review it in 6 months or a year.
Putting Yourself First for A Change
As we know, all cultural training teaches women to take care of their family’s needs as the highest priority and at any cost. As nurturing spirits, we often extend that caring behavior to include everyone but ourselves. The result can be difficulty in “saying no,” setting boundaries and addressing one’s own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs. NOW is the time to change our minds – in a GOOD way.
Each of us is just as valuable and worthy of loving attention as anyone else in the world. Let’s first recognize that and then act like it!
I am a Holistic Healer and was a long-term volunteer in a shelter for homeless people, who suffered from AIDS, addictions, diabetes, and many other ailments (including broken hearts). In my life and in those roles, I have been privileged to provide company and assistance to both humans and animals as they made their transition to the next realm.