Emotional Intelligence Definitions: What “Orange Tales Only” means at Grid Society, upgrade your conversations

Welcome to the Grid Society Lexicon.

Today, we are talking about Orange Tales Only.

A phrase coined by Grid Society.

Every term in our Grid Society Lexicon exists to describe or decode life on the Universal Grid - the fictional world we created to map human progress and reflect real-life experience through a powerful, structured metaphor.

But this is more than just vocabulary to describe our world. Much to our delight, it has become a shared language. Used by Grid Society readers and workshop attendees to name emotion, pinpoint their current location in life and speak with precision about the shifts they are experiencing and making.

We do not use these terms casually. Our terms give shape to what is often invisible. They help people explain the hard-to-explain. We use them to locate ourselves, name patterns and push back against the things that keep us stuck.

At Grid Society, we say Orange Tales Only and we mean it. This phrase serves as our daily reminder to upgrade our conversations.

It is a mindset. A movement. A discipline we should aim to practise daily. Because in a world that recycles stories of stress, fear and self-doubt, we choose to share stories that point to possibility.

🟠 Definition 1:

Orange Tale means

A personal story shared with clarity and intention that marks a moment of progress, gratitude, inner growth, or success. Typically, it is a story that naturally inspires others.

These are not just feel-good highlights. They are purposeful stories that strengthen your identity. They make you feel proud, not just because you achieved something, but because you saw yourself differently.

🟠Definition 2:

Orange Tale also means...

An evidenced reminder that the Orange Grid is real for you and for others.

This is why we share them. To document belief. To show momentum. Because the Orange Grid is not just a concept, it is a living, breathing part of your journey. Orange Tales provides the receipts.

🟠 Examples of an Orange Tale:

a) A tale that reaffirms a levelled-up personal identity

b) A tale that opens up possibilities

c) A tale that redirects focus away from limitation

d) A tale filled with gratitude

These moments are not always big or dramatic. They are often small wins with deep meaning, like finally speaking up, breaking a pattern, or doing something you once avoided.

These stories are rooted in emotional clarity, personal responsibility, and forward movement. Which many would describe as the core of emotional intelligence Definition.

Emotional Intelligence Definition: the ability to recognise, understand, and manage your emotions in ways that lead to constructive outcomes.

⚫ GREY GRID TALES

(The Antonym)

A story that centres stuckness, spiralling, or stagnation. It circles around the same emotional terrain again and again, often shared without reflection, movement, or any sign of growth.

These tales may feel raw and relatable, but they trap people inside the problem. There is no shift. No insight. No new outcome.

They are often fuelled by:

• Habit

• Pain

• Or a need for validation, but they offer no exit strategy.

  
  

At Grid Society, we do not silence pain, but we do not glorify endless spirals. We name them, and we choose to pivot the narrative.

🧡 So, why Orange Tales Only?

Because we want to train our minds to notice progress.

Because we believe in fuel, not fog.

Because what you speak about, you give power to.

We want to inspire ourselves, our readers, our mission completers, our workshop attendees, and our social media followers to:

• Deliver Orange Tales Only — to point toward possibility

• Share Orange Tales Only — small wins that matter

• Think Orange Tales Only — to fuel the mind with hope and proof