Ep 22: Want greater focus and time for the things that matter? Follow the Tom Hanks Rule

The Rule of the Chess Player helps you to show empathy and build better habits—for better relationships, and a better you.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

The Tom Hanks Rule will give you laser focus as you learn to buy out time for what’s most important to you.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

Negative thoughts can be very difficult to remove…unless you have a blue dolphin.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

The “Milk Carton Rule” will teach you to focus less on problems, and more on solutions—and save your most important relationships in the process.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

Learn to “define the scope,” and you’ll change the way you work. And live.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

The rule of acquired taste is based on principles of psychology and emotional intelligence—and it can completely change your perspective.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

When you're feeling down and out, you have to resist the urge to look ahead. Instead, take a moment to look back.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

We all lose control sometimes. But what do you do afterwards? The Emotional Postmortem will help you devise a plan to help you avoid repeating your mistakes.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

Empathy is a powerful quality—and a key part of emotional intelligence. But it can prove dangerous when taken too far. When does empathy turn from helpful to harmful? How do you make sure your empathy is emotionally intelligent empathy? Today’s episode answers those important questions.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied

What did a Royal Air Force pilot turned psychologist and one of the most popular professors at MIT have in common? They both preached the value of this simple rule, one that holds even more value today, in a world with more distractions than ever. What’s the rule: You can only listen to one voice at a time.*******Looking for simple frameworks to help you build your emotional intelligence?Sign up for our free emotional intelligence email course (and join a community of over 30,000): Free emotional intelligence course from EQ Applied