Dr. Lindsey Godwin explains to us that the popular concepts of IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence) will no longer suffice as far as the prediction of success in our fast-paced, distracted, and perpetually disrupted world. Experiential intelligence (a.k.a.-a Ph.D. in life), now offers a new component to intelligence by including the wisdom we acquire from our own life experiences. Dr. Godwin also throws a twist in the mix by challenging us to ask ourselves why we tend to focus on learning solely from failure, rather than by our successes. Her advice for us is two-fold; we can learn to reframe our failures as opportunities for growth, and we can first examine and then cultivate more success by focusing on our strengths and what has worked thus far.
Dr. Lindsey Godwin is the Academic Director of the Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, as well as a Professor for the Stiller School of Business at Champlain College in Burlington, VT.
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