Emotional intelligence

Dr. Scott Livingston joins Lee Stephenson, executive director of Converge Church Planting, to help you better understand what emotional intelligence is all about and how to process your emotions.

0:29 Lee introduces his special guest, Dr. Scott Livingston.

1:04 Scott explains what emotional intelligence is. 

5:20 Scott says whether we have good emotional intelligence relates to how well we know ourselves.

6:47 How well you know yourself and the impact that emotion has will impact your judgment and decision making.

7:39 Self-awareness is understanding what triggers you emotionally and the impact of that trigger on you. 

8:42 Scott shares an example of a time when he didn’t have control over his emotions. 

11:23 Scott says our emotions are signals to us. They’re giving us information from our outside world. Do we allow our thinking to come in and process with the emotion so that we can make good decisions? Or do we react so fast that our emotions rule the day?

12:11 Scott talks about empathy and compassion.

15:17 Scottthinks church leaders’ job is to understand other people’s perspectives and show care and compassion without sacrificing their self-regard or self-confidence.

15:38 Scott discusses the importance of balancing our emotions.  

18:04 Scott says he’s seeing a lack of hardiness, or stress tolerance, in leaders during this season.

18:28 Scott talks about the three components of hardiness.

23:09 Scott explains why we need to pay attention to and trust our emotions.

24:03 Scott talks about the importance of rest.

26:11 Lee and Scott discuss why you need to have a hobby.

27:23 Scott says leaders need to care for their body (What we put in it; how we use it; are we exercising it?)

28:37 Scott says relationships are the key to being wise. Community matters.

30:12 Scott recommends resources to help you grow in your emotional intelligence.

32:50 Scott shares how you can contact him on his website.