In Love Intelligence, love is not emotion, softness, or blind kindness. It is a capability, the ability to apply Care, Courage, and Connection in the right proportion, at the right time. When love is used wrongly, devastation happens because one or more of the 3Cs is missing or distorted. Here’s how it breaks down. 1. Care without Courage → Enabling destruction This is the most common misuse of love. When we care but lack courage, we: Avoid difficult conversations Tolerate bad behaviour Protect people from consequences It feels loving, but it is not. In organisations, this creates: Toxic high performers who are never corrected Teams that lose trust in leadership A culture where standards collapse quietly In relationships, it leads to: Emotional dependency Resentment Slow erosion of self-respect Care without courage does not heal—it rots. 2. Courage without Care → Violence disguised as truth Some people pride themselves on being “direct,” “honest,” or “strong.” But when courage is not g...
by Andy Ng at www.asiatrainers.com (Sales & Management Training) Tel: 65-93672286 Email: andythecoach@gmail.com