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The concept of emotional intelligence (“EQ” or “EI” for short) has been around for over 20 years, but it’s still enjoying buzzy prominence in HR circles. The more technology reshapes (and in some quarters, automates) the workforce, the more valuable human-only skills seem to become. So I took the EQ-i 2.0 to figure out what it could tell me about my strengths, weaknesses, and what they might mean for my career.

The Obama administration defended a recent meeting between White House and State Department officials and "Breaking the Silence," an activist group Israel's justice minister has condemned for "slander[ing] the State of Israel." Breaking the Silence, which according to NGO-Monitor gets its funding from European sources, issued a report last month containing what it says are testimonies of Israel's use of indiscriminate force against Palestinian civilians from anonymous IDF soldiers who served during last summer's Israel-Hamas conflict. Though the IDF said it would investigate the report, it has raised significant questions about its credibility, some Israeli soldiers labeling it "a total...

In a Funny Way, Satirical Takes Can Color Perceptions of the Presidential Contenders The Onion newspaper jokingly dissects how Barack Obama calculates his every facial expression to convey the countenance of Inspirational Leadership. Jon Stewart jests that Obama strikes poses so evocative of the forefathers on our currency, he's not campaigning merely for president but rather is "running for coin." And comic Lewis Black kvetches during a recent Washington performance that Obama exudes such off-the-charts optimism in these trying times, "even his nipples are filled with hope!" Yes, nation, our sharpest satirists are ramping up. As they chip-chip-chip away at...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A huge survey of the world's Muslims released Tuesday challenges Western notions that equate Islam with radicalism and violence. The survey, conducted by the Gallup polling agency over six years and three continents, seeks to dispel the belief held by some in the West that Islam itself is the driving force of radicalism. It shows that the overwhelming majority of Muslims condemned the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 and other subsequent terrorist attacks, the authors of the study said in Washington. "Samuel Harris said in the Washington Times (in 2004): 'It is time...

It's not often that an opinion article shakes up Washington and changes the way a major issue is viewed. But that happened last week, when The New York Times printed an opinion article by Brookings Institution analysts Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack on the progress of the surge strategy in Iraq. Yes, progress. O'Hanlon and Pollack supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003 -- Pollack even wrote a book urging the overthrow of Saddam Hussein -- but they have sharply criticized military operations there in the ensuing years. "As two analysts who have harshly criticized the Bush administration's miserable handling...

Astronomers announced today the discovery of a frigid extrasolar planet several times larger than Earth orbiting a small red dwarf star roughly 9,000 light years away. The finding alters astronomers' perceptions of planetary system formation and the distribution of planets in the galaxy, suggesting that large rock-ice worlds might outnumber gas giants like Jupiter. The newfound planet is about 13 times more massive than Earth and likely has an icy and rocky but barren terrestrial surface, and it is one of the coldest planets ever discovered outside of our solar system. It orbits 250 million miles away from a red...

Pennsylvania police said a man who died after being struck by a vehicle may have been left on a roadside for days because his body was apparently mistaken for a dead deer. Police said the man was found on Monday by a motorist, who at first thought the man was a deer because of tan clothing and snow that covered part of his body. The motorist realized the man wasn't a deer after noticing his shoes. Authorities believe that many others drove past the body, assuming it was a deer. Police said the man was a passenger in a vehicle...

In politics, especially national politics, perceptions are paramount and facts are secondary in moving public opinion on large issues. While there is enough blame to go around, regarding official responses to Katrina, the images of what actually took place on the ground to thousands of people, while the National Guard had not yet arrived in force, is simply overwhelming, staggering, horrendous. It would be impossible for it to not to have adverse political repercussions to the national leadership, no matter - NO MATTER - what the facts are. When failures of this magnitude occur, the nation has failed and people...

No majority consensus on what should be done now in IraqPRINCETON, NJ -- An analysis of recent polling data shows that Americans remain divided on the issue of Iraq, and that so far, there is no clear indication of how the issue is going to affect the presidential election. Four basic conclusions can be drawn from the data: 1) President George W. Bush is vulnerable on the issue of Iraq; 2) Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is no better positioned on Iraq than Bush; 3) the public is divided about whether going to war in Iraq in the first place...

Yesterday,I wrote a brief piece suggesting President Bush was going to lose his bid for re-election. There were at least 100 responses: most of which were printable-although there were spittle marks on the text of a few.There were even a few thoughtful responses. I don't think it's gotten across: This is going to be one very,very rough election ! I'll give you a "for-instance" : In Ohio-long considered a Republican stronghold-the polls are running just about 50-50 between President Bush and Cash-In Kerry ! Offhand, I'd say it's about time to set aside such diversions as Janet's Jugs,Kerry's Interns (a...

When I was in college, I was often doing what I wasn't supposed to. Do you know people who need to study for a test and can sit for four hours straight, methodically reviewing one fact after the next, never taking their mind off their notes? Their attention never wavers. My attention always wavered. Whenever I went to the library to get the book I needed, I was fascinated by the book next to it, or a few books over. Suddenly they seemed much more important than the book I was supposed to read. When I was supposed to be...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When we experience an illusion, we usually have the impression we have been fooled, or that our minds are playing tricks on us. New research published in the Oct. 31 issue of the journal Science indicates our perceptions of these illusions are no hoax, but the result of how the brain is organized to process the information it receives from our senses. Vanderbilt University psychology department researchers Anna Wang Roe, Li Min Chen and Robert Friedman have identified responses in the brain to a touch illusion that shed new light on how the brain processes sensory information...

KABUL, Afghanistan - Should you ever find yourself surrounded by AK-47-toting men in a Tajik Afghan village, try this: "Lotfan ban payen salah khotra. Agahi qar mishom." Roughly translated from Dari, it means, "Please put down your rifles. They are making me nervous." Say it with a smile, and you are guaranteed to get a big laugh from the men in the village. They never put down their rifles, mind you, but they laugh. It's a start. In a perverse way, Osama bin Laden's escape from Afghanistan in 2001 might be the best thing to happen to this nation in...