Want to boost your positive intelligence?
Similar to cognitive and emotional intelligence, positive intelligence is a concept that gained popularity recently in the professional coaching world.
What is positive intelligence?
This new form of intelligence measures how often your mind acts in your best interest. Your mind should be your best friend, but unfortunately, it can also be your worst enemy (self-sabotage).
For example, if your mind is encouraging you to commit to a healthy diet, then it’s acting as a friend. However, it’s acting as your enemy if it’s telling you to go back to old habits and throw all the progress you’ve made away.
Additionally, positive intelligence quotient (PQ) is a measure of your mental fitness. It keeps track of the percentage of the time your mind is being positive, allowing you to achieve success and reach your full potential.
And don’t worry, positive intelligence is a skill you can develop.
Here are three tips to boost your positive intelligence:
Weaken your Saboteurs
What is the meaning of Saboteurs?
Your Saboteurs are your internal enemies that work against your best interest, hindering you from achieving your goals and your full potential.
There are a variety of Saboteurs, including the Judge, Controller, Victim, Stickler, Pleaser, and Avoider.
Everyone has Saboteurs, but people may have different ones and the strength of each can vary.
Strengthen your Sage
The power of your Sage lies in its ability to change your perspective on things. This means that your Sage can transform challenges and roadblocks into gifts and opportunities.
On the other hand, your Saboteurs challenge this positive perspective and want you to feel anxious, stressed, and guilty.
But at the end of the day, both the Sage and the Saboteur perspectives are self-fulfilling prophecies.
Strengthen PQ Brain muscles
By strengthening your PQ brain muscles, you’ll be able to focus on thriving rather than just surviving.
You can strengthen and exercise your PQ brain muscles by commanding your mind to block out the noise and fear. This energy must be redirected to one of your physical sensations. For example, focusing on your breathing, hearing, and the weight of your body on a surface.
Measuring PQ: 3 Assessments & Tests
Here are some PQ assessments and tests that coaches can use to help clients develop and nurture their PQ:
PQ gym
This PG assessment consists of a 10-second hyper-focus on one of your senses.
These 1-second exercises can improve your mental fitness and in doing so, helps you tackle challenges and roadblocks with a clear, insightful, and open mind.
PQ score
The PQ score is a measure of your overall happiness and performance potential.
This score is a widely used mental fitness indicator that basically evaluates the strength of your sage versus the saboteur.
Using this score, coaches can see how happy an individual is and whether or not the individual is thriving towards their full potential.
PQ training program
If you want to improve your mental fitness today, visit the Corporate Class website.
We offer a 1-hour Webinar on Mental Fitness for professionals and teams. The webinar is based on Shirzad Chamine’s positive intelligence book and will help you learn how to improve your performance and mental wellbeing.
Who should attend this webinar?
- Managers across industries (business, engineering, product, finance, etc.) who are looking to become better leaders.
- Human Resources and Learning & Development Professionals looking for innovative coaching-at-scale programs to improve wellbeing, engagement and performance in their organizations.
What will you learn?
If you’ve ever experienced mental stress, anxiety, or frustration while handling difficult tasks and relationship challenges, this webinar will help you tackle those feelings and find a way to move forward.
Sign up for our Mental Fitness webinar today to boost your positive intelligence!
