What it is
Intelligence without direction is friendly fire. Intellect without empathy is like heat without aim: it burns everything, even you. Facts and problem-solving are tools, and how you use them is part of intelligence, not separate from it.
How it shows up for me
My image is Cyclops from the X-Men. I wear a visor. I choose where I aim, and I decide when it’s safe to take the filter off. The practice is simple: I pause, I breathe, I aim. Sometimes the most intelligent move is restraint.
The other half is where I spend the heat: with people and in places built for my temperature.