Hello, world.

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 70.

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Every day I interview someone from around the world who has discovered her talents to do work

she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

Once a week, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal development, education,

career, and life planning who shares experiences, tools, and insights

to help our listeners on their journeys. Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert,

Don Cook. Welcome, Dawn. Thank you. It's great to be here. Thank you. Don Cook is in the

polishing business. She polishes leaders until they shine. As a professional

certified coach with four certifications in emotional intelligence, Don has over 25 years of demonstrated

excellence in leadership development of executives and teams by facilitating business and personal

skills development workshops, performing executive

coaching, and consulting with clients on their developmental needs. Her experience includes

working with Cox Communications, Fox Sports, Towers Watson, Emory Healthcare, and Southern

Company, as well as many small businesses in the Atlanta area.

So, Don, that's a summary of your fine bio.

The topic today is emotional intelligence, the secret sauce to your success.

So talk about emotional intelligence and why it's important.

Oh, happy to.

It happens to be my favorite topic, as you can imagine. Yes.

So emotional intelligence is really the ability and the choice to be smart with your emotions.

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