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Hug and Nudge-Two Answers to One Question (Vol III) Sometimes a warm hug is the answer to our question  and sometimes a gentle nudge is the answer. 'Hug and Nudge' is a fortnightly column with two different perspectives from two different continents and cultures on the same question in personal development area viz.  Jennifer Sertl (based in New York, USA) and  Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India). Question-Are People Basically Good or Bad? If I have had more bad experiences than good, how do I shed the emotional baggage. (A great question asked by V. Jain, India) Jennifer Sertl's Answer “ What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight? ”  ―  Fyo...

Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam* Interview Series (Global Leaders who have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into Global Personal Brands ) Dr Amit Nagpal: Irene, Tell us something about 3Q edge. Irene Becker : The 3Q Edge refers to three critical areas of strength that I believe are important to life and leadership in the 21st Century.  Areas of strength that can be developed/built using not only our potential but the challenges we face as catalysts for positive growth.  Q1 IQ-Intellectual capacity under stress   Q2 Emotional Intelligence   Q3 Spiritual Quotient -our alignment to our highest power, our greatest values. Dr Amit: How do you assess your client's potential? Irene : I have an intake and assessment process which not only allows me to best understand the client's areas of strength and also challenges that can be transformed into Q strengths, but their goals/objectives.  I also have excellent tests and assessments that I use. Dr Amit: ...

Drop everything you're clinging to & keep walking. What remains is what's meant to stay ~ what goes is what was in your way. Dee Foster We all are travelers in the journey called LIFE. We carry our past experiences as emotional baggage throughout our life. One principle of enjoying travel is to ‘Travel Light’ and likewise to enjoy the journey of life also, we need to shed our emotional baggage and travel light. Emotional baggage consists of our past experiences which build preconceived notions about relationships and people and unconsciously destroy or disturb our future experiences. Almost all of us drag along some baggage from our past into our present lives, that stop us from winning in our present life situations. We hold on to pain, anger, and resentment, and find it difficult to let go unless life uses shock therapy. When we carry emotional baggage of the past, we forget that we are reacting on the past experience instead of reacting to what is happeni...