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Chapter 4: Get in the Mood: Using Emotions
What does it mean to use emotions to help thinking? Those with that ability may be better described by the statements in Column A of Exhibit 4.1. People who struggle with this skill are often described by statements such as those listed in Column B.
Column A: Skillful | Column B: Not Skillful |
|---|---|
Creative thinker | Practical and concrete |
Inspires people | Doesn’t motivate others |
Focuses on what’s important when emotions are strong | Forgets what’s important when upset |
Emotions improve thinking | Feelings are flat or distracting |
Can feel what others are feeling | Emotions are self-absorbed and not influenced by others’ feelings |
Feelings help to inform and change beliefs and opinions | Beliefs and opinions are unchanged by emotions |
Let’s take a look at two people, each of whom is better described by one column than the other.
