by Scott Swain | Sep 4, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Liberty, Life, Voluntaryism
What if being “highly independent” can make it difficult for us to see the value of strong relationships and our “me-first” attitude, completely logical, in reality, can be supplemented with even just a bit of compromise at times in order to...
by Scott Swain | Jul 22, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Voluntaryism
Official “needs inventory” as originally created by Marshall...
by Scott Swain | Jun 11, 2020 | All Articles, Business, EQ
Have you experienced times when you felt you did your best and you hear only criticism. How about feeling completely misunderstood or unappreciated when your accomplishments seem to be in plain sight? Many of us spend a significant portion of our lives in an office...
by Scott Swain | Jun 11, 2020 | All Articles, Business, EQ, Life
from Scott Swain’s upcoming book, Practical Empathy I used to think fear was the emotion underlying anger. Until a woman in one of my Emotional Intelligence Play Groups said it was actually frustration. I thought about that. I tried to think of a situation where...
by Scott Swain | Jun 11, 2020 | All Articles, EQ, Liberty, Parenting, Voluntaryism
vir-tue [ vurchoo ] 1. goodness: the quality of being morally good or righteous 2. good quality: a quality that is morally good 3. admirable quality: a quality that is good or admirable, but not necessarily in terms of morality. “If you make a choice under...
by Scott Swain | Jun 10, 2020 | All Articles, Business, Economics, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, Unschooling, Voluntaryism
You probably see the inequities and corruption in our system. Do you also see the growing distance between you and other humans, in your beliefs, amount of time spent with others, and level of compassion you feel? Maybe you even see the many ways it is possible that...
by Scott Swain | Jun 10, 2020 | All Articles, Business, Culture, EQ, Liberty, Life, Voluntaryism
Following is an argument for using a form of empathy I’ve developed called Practical Empathy (PEQ), based on and similar to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD. Empathy is not agreement, so you risk no loss of integrity by practicing...
by Scott Swain | Jun 9, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Liberty, Parenting
I’ve noticed a pattern. Let’s call it “bubble-wrapped people”. Most parents care about their children and justifiably want happiness for them. Unfortunately, these caring parents may not realize the benefits of allowing their children to...
by Scott Swain | Jun 9, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, Socialism, Voluntaryism
It seems that Socialism is on the rise right now; at least amongst those who have not come to the USA looking for the opposite of what socialism did to their Country. Why? Let’s speculate. I see it as a combination of factors: – Wealth largess from the...
by Scott Swain | May 16, 2020 | All Articles, Business, EQ, Life
After many years of practicing the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) method of empathy and then creating my own system based on NVC, called Practical Empathy (PEQ), I’ve become much more aware of when I’m being lied to. How did this happen? My...
by Scott Swain | May 11, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Liberty
Evaluation Evaluations and moralistic judgements are when we judge another person [often as “wrong” or “bad” but also including terms like “good” and “awesome”] when they do things that are not in agreement with our...
by Scott Swain | May 1, 2020 | All Articles, EQ
From my upcoming book, Practical Empathy: In order to keep it simple and reduce confusion, I’m not going to talk here about the many ways other people define empathy and sympathy. There are many! I’m going to focus on my changing understanding of these...
by Scott Swain | Oct 3, 2019 | All Articles, EQ, Liberty, Voluntaryism
An effective way to spread Voluntaryism while rewiring your brain for increased awareness, control of your own emotions, understanding of responsibility, and personal power. Have you ever wished you could demonstrate your Libertarian, Anarchist, or Agorist...
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