Positive Intelligence
Master the Art of Leadership!
We need to just really acknowledge the fact that we are all experiencing too much change for the typical human being to be able to handle. And the reason that we need to invest in mental fitness is that it massively increases our capacity to handle change in a way that’s not stressful — but joyful.
Shirzad Chamine, founder and CEO, Positive Intelligence
Meet the Judge, Your Master Saboteur
According to Chamine, the Judge is the universal Saboteur that afflicts everyone. It is the one that beats you up repeatedly over mistakes or shortcomings, warns you obsessively about future risks, wakes you up in the middle of the night worrying, gets you fixated on what is wrong with others or your life, etc. Your Judge activates your other Saboteurs, causes much of your stress and unhappiness, reduces your effectiveness, and harms your relationships.
Measure Your Mental Fitness
Your PQ (Positive Intelligence Quotient, or Positivity Quotient for short) measures the relative strength of your positive versus negative mental muscles. PQ is the measure of your mental fitness. Take the PQ Score Assessment to discover how often your mind is serving you versus sabotaging you.
The Sage Leader
The Sage represents a leader's inner wisdom, strength, and clarity, driving them to foster a positive, innovative, and resilient work environment. Chamine identifies five key powers that enhance leadership and personal growth:
Empathize: Feeling and showing appreciation, compassion, and forgiveness — for yourself and others — builds social awareness and cultivates a sense of service. With practice, empathy leads to healthier relationships, better conflict management, and more effective teamwork and collaboration.
Explore: As a child, you knew how to explore purely, experiencing great curiosity and fascination in discovery. By grounding yourself in that innate sense of curiosity, openness, and wonder, you become more open to new ideas, more deliberate in the face of crisis, and more likely to effect positive change.
Innovate: While the Explore power is about discovering what is, the Innovate power concerns inventing what isn’t. True innovation is about breaking out of the boxes, the assumptions, and the habits that hold you back.
A mindset of innovation sparks adaptability, self-management, and optimism — all key to workplace wellness.
Navigate: Every employee has their internal compass — as does your organization. By creating a consistent compass, your organization invites employees to align with it, relax, and find purpose in their work.
Activate: When all your mental and emotional energies are laser-focused on action and not distracted by the Saboteurs, you
The Mental Muscles
To overcome Saboteurs and access your leader’s inner wisdom, you need to develop three mental muscles. Positive Intelligence has developed three layers:
Saboteur Interceptor Muscle: Recognise and label negative emotions as Saboteurs, discrediting their lies and limiting beliefs.
Self-Command Muscle: Use 10-second PQ®️ Reps to quiet the Saboteur region and activate the Sage region of your brain. A PQ rep is very simple. It involves shifting as much of your attention as you can to your body and any of your five senses for at least ten seconds. That counts as 1 PQ rep. These reps activate and grow your 'self-command' muscle which helps you self-regulate your thoughts and feelings.
Sage Muscle: Your Sage handles challenges with clarity and positivity, utilizing the powers of Empathize, Explore, Innovate, Navigate, and Activate. Once you’ve activated your Sage brain through PQ Reps, you’ll have access to these powers.
