In this episode I want to introduce you to one of the co-founders of EQ Smart Politics, Andreu Gatuellas. Andreu is one of the most insiring and wise people I've ever met and I is my honor to have him on the show.

Here are some of the things you are going to discover about him:

He teaches emotional intelligence at Barcelona University

He learned from his past setback and created a business that he is passionate about

He is driven by showing people how to incorporate practical emotional intelligence skills so that they can improve their relationships in business and personal lives

He has his own radio show in Barcelona

And much more

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In this episode I want to introduce you to one of the co-founders of EQ Smart Politics, Zoltan Veres. Zoltan is one of the most insiring and funny people I've ever met and I is my honor to have him on the show.

Here are some of the things you are going to discover about him:

He has been in business for about 8 years

He learned from his past setback and created a business that he is passionate about

Building åerformance is what drives him

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In this episode we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

How would the world be if everyone would practice EQ?

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Ross Perot

Well, it probably still won’t be perfect, but everyone would work on it to become perfect.

By practicing EQ we would easily overcome all the instinctual behavior like anger, fear, guilt, shame, rejection and we could teach our brain to switch to compassion, enthusiasm, motivation, trust, integrity, humbleness.

In this and the next episode we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

How can a politician be more socially responsible so that he/she can make an bigger impact in his/hers community by using strategies from EQ

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

Gloria Steinem

In my opinion social responsibility is linked to the structure of values and principles of a person, and this is what makes the person commit to his/her social mission as a political or public office.

A person in public office who does not commit to either the community (and even with the good of the whole world community) and not act and decide on the basis of the responsibility that has been granted by voters, is a person that it’s acting "stupid" as a politician, and therefore does not deserve this position because it is not able to give an adequate response to that responsibility.

When a politician gives signals to be making decisions from greed, from fear, from the ego or the need for power, it is time to dismiss him/her immediately because it’s for sure that the political will be making wrong decisions from inadequate emotional states and inadequate needs.

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In this and the next 2 episodes we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

Why is it important to make good and sound decisions in politics and how can EQ help me with that?

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Charles de Gaulle

Emotions are intelligent. Emotions are what make us human. Emotions tell us what is valuable and important to us and to others. They signal the meaning of events.

Emotions are just as “cognitive” as other perceptions. They serve as essential guides for humans to make rational choices. Emotions are a form of thinking as well as a form of feeling.

All thinking is infused with the intelligence of emotions. Without the guidance of emotions, one becomes irrational, detached from reality.

We now have conclusive biological evidence that decision-making is neurologically impossible without being informed by emotions.

Contrary to the classical model, decision-making is arbitrary when it is not infused with the intelligence of emotions.

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In this and the next 3 episodes we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

What are some examples of World Leaders with high EQ, past to present

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The three world leaders that we are looking closley into in this episode are:

• Martin Luther King Jr
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Nelson Mandela

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In this and the next 4 episodes we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

What characterizes EQ in politics?

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honourable, generous, tolerant and respectful."

Charles W. Pickering

There are many behaviours or responses that may give evidence of high EQ in politics.

The key is that when a public person or a politician is able to perceive emotional information, to facilitate relationships and actions through the appropriate emotion, he can also understand why others feel how they feel.

He is also able to implement actions or change the thinking to manage themselves or other people’s emotional states to bring positive change.

This is all done from a place of responsibility, honesty and coherence; then you can say that, that person is a politician with high EQ.

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In this and the next 5 episodes we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

Why should I care if politicians have high EQ or if they don’t?

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

"The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith."

John Foster Dulles

Well… you might not be making their decisions, but you are certainly affected by them. So I guess it is in your best interest to have politicians that make good decisions.

To make good decisions you need a strong and clear mind, we all know that. But when you are making decisions which are about people’s lives, it probably would be recommended to understand those people.

When the people are who put you where you make the decisions, your first concern should be the people who put you there. But for this great reasoning and a clear mind is not enough.

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In this and the next 6 episodes we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

What can a politician expect from the fact of training his/her EQ?

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

"Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote."

William E. Simon

1. You are going to be more able to perceive relevant emotional information from the people around you that you might have missed. And this information sometimes can be critical to tune in with other people.

2. You are going to be able to empathize and emotionally mirror with people is something that will make you closer to others and even preferred by others. We like people that we feel are understanding how we feel.

3. You will be able to choose the right emotional state given the situation so that you can take better decisions, manage properly a situation or transmit the correct emotional information to make positive change.

4. You will be able to calm yourself down and/or encourage yourself in difficult situations, you will be able to “swim” and keep your head above the water when struggling. Panicking is never a good choice when you are facing a difficult decision, and we don’t want politicians have their decisions blurred by their fears.

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In this and the next 7 episodes we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the most common 10 questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

Can EQ mean a change for good in politics?

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

"One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are."

Cal Thomas

As Joshua Freedman, the CEO for 6 Seconds says the first duty of EQ is to contribute to make changes for good and into positive changes. If a politician is able to be more empathetic, to really connect with people and to lead him or herself by noble goals, then that kind of politician is much needed in his community and by his followers.

Also a politician has the enormous responsibility to inspire and empower the people around him or her, and that is a skill that can be developed through emotional intelligence training.

A new research of power has revealed that power is applied most effectively when it’s used by people who are attuned to and engaged with the needs and interests of others. When it comes to power, social intelligence—reconciling conflicts, negotiating, smoothing over group tensions—prevails over social evolution.

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In this and the next 8 episodes we are looking closer into the role emotional intelligence plays in politics.

I am answering the 10 most common questions people are not asking us, but should and the question I am answering today is:

Why hasn’t EQ burst into politics until now?

Before I answer today’s question, I want to share today’s quote which is from Plato and it goes like this:

No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

Emma Goldman

It has but not in a structured way as we propose. There are many politicians of any level that are able to Perceive, Understand, and Navigate emotions. As they can connect with people and regulate their inner states, this has however been quite unusual and it has come in by chance.

What we want is to show is that Emotional Abilities can be trained on purpose and that there are tools and steps to increase the emotional quotient as a person who is in a political responsibility.

An appreciation of the links between emotions and power highlights that even if they are individual, emotions are always also collective and political. They frame what is and is not possible in politics. They reveal and conceal, enable and disable.

They do so in ways that are inaudible and seemingly a political which is precisely how they become political in the most profound and enduring manner: links between emotions and power shape the contours and content of world politics all while erasing the traces of doing so.

The task of international relations researchers is to locate, redraw and expose these traces.

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