During National Go on a Field Trip Month invite the schools in your community to stop by your business for a field trip. Have refreshments and activities appropriate to the age of the kids present. Send a media release announcing the event after the fact – include pictures (with permission). The media loves a good human interest story and you could end up in the news when you least expect it.October is also Emotional Intelligence Month ~ BNET describes Emotional intelligence as “the ability to perceive and understand personal feelings and those of others. Emotional intelligence means recognizing emotions and acting on them in a reflective and rational manner. It involves self-awareness, empathy, and self-restraint. In the workplace, this ability can greatly enhance interpersonal communication and people skills.” Emotionally intelligent people have good people skills, can cope with pressure and stress, make better decisions, and have better job satisfaction. Take the Emotional IQ Institute’s Free Emotional IQ Course that will help you to easily develop new skills in the areas of relationships and feelings. Thriving Emotionally has to do with “Laughter from the belly, feelings from the heart, sacred experience for the soul, and an unburdened mind that thinks for the whole.”
