Articles written by Kieran Prior
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a book by Daniel Goleman, which I could suggest everyone should read. We all live in a world where hard facts and figures are valued much more than a pleasant hello and a nice thank you. But which are more important in real life?
Yes there are aspects of life and careers that require absolute knowledge. For example, a neuro surgeon would rarely be required to have a good bedside manner with their patient on the operating table. I for one however, will never be a surgeon, nor do I wish to be. It would involve to much responsibility for one such as myself who couldn’t handle …
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Having thought about this for a long time, I have become more and more familiar with differing elements of fear. Now, fear as an abstract concept is a powerful device and a paralysing emotion. Fear can be used for good, for example when you’re teaching children about boundaries and developing their social structure. On the flip side, fear can be used to torment and can invoke an array of prejudicial emotions within the human race, that can often overstep the mark and lead to huge problems.
Whether you speak of fear as a personal concept or problem, it is interesting to me that people, who are often considered the strongest in …
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To the unconcerning eye and the casual observer, many might think of me being in my mid 20’s. Well for the ladies of the world, I give you a confession – I’m actually 31 and will turn 32 on the 6th December (Amazon wish list available on request!) The problem with being 31 or 32 is not that you feel any different, or act differently; it is simply the fact that people expect you to do so and expect you to have achieved a level of success.
Success. A word that can mean so much, it can instil power within people, instil security, financial or otherwise and it can also ironically be quite the opposite. Being a disabled man and having …
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Like most children, my childhood is filled with happy memories. Most of which are of playing with my brother and our friends in the garden, keeping goal in five-a-side football matches or even just going for a ‘walk’ with my mum to the shops.
To be blunt, none of these would have been possible without my powered wheelchair and the freedom it provided. Receiving my first power chair was life changing. Moving unaided was mind-boggling. Finally I felt I could join in and feel more ‘normal’ than ever before. Looking back over this fondly nostalgic period, I think that the gift of liberty, the chair provided was fundamental to my future successes.
I arrived in London in July 2000, after graduating from …
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Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a book by Daniel Goleman, which I could suggest everyone should read. We all live in a world where hard facts and figures are valued much more than a pleasant hello and a nice thank you. But which are more important in real life?