On Monday I had an opportunity to watch one of the best high school baseball games between Hamilton Southeastern Royals (HSE) and Columbus East Olympians for the 4A state championship. During the game, there were intense emotions on display from anticipation, joy, sadness, anger, admiration, disgust and surprise. That was just the first inning!!! As the game went on you could see an emotional explosion from both teams and the crowd. Emotions impacted the game from the 1st in

#emotionsmatter Emojis are being used more and more to express emotions. The question that needs to be answered is 'Are we really expressing our emotions?' I get an emoji sent to express I love you, sympathy, joy, sadness, uncertainty, anger, and indecision. Where are the human element, the nonverbal cues, and voice tone/inflection? How do I know what is really being expressed? According to Dr. Albert Mehrabian, 93 percent of communication is nonverbal. How much are we r

Emotions Matter #emotionsmatter Last week I posted an article "Don't Take It Personally" and it was extremely interesting to see the comments. The article was viewed by 154,000 people and shared 253 times. I am continually amazed by the importance of emotions in everything that we do. Phrases like 'Don't Take It Personal' and 'Leave Your Emotions at the Door' often trigger emotions instead of the intent of the statements. Emotions provide critical information about our enviro