Emotional Intelligence

Hi all,

Before we talk about developing EI let's get a general understanding of what it is.

Emotional Intelligence

How smart are your emotions?

“Anyone can become angry-that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time for the right purpose and in the right way this is not easy” Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

Every day, emotions shape the path of our lives and influence our decisions. Our emotional actions and reactions affect every aspect of our lives. Having control over our emotions enables us to pursue and achieve our goals. EI is an array of skills and competencies that we develop throughout our lives to help establish and maintain a comfortable existence.

Emotional Intelligence could be broken down into four parts:

1.Self awareness- ability to read one’s emotions and recognize their impact while using gut feelings to guide decisions

2.Self management- involves controlling one’s emotions and impulses and adapting to changing circumstances

3.Social awareness- the ability to sense, understand, and react to others’ emotions while comprehending social networks

Basic aspects of social awareness:

Ø Perceiving emotions- faces, pictures, voices, cultural artifacts

Ø Using emotions

Ø Understanding emotions

Ø Managing emotions: to achieve intended goals

4.Relationship management- the ability to inspire, influence and develop others while managing conflict

YOU NEED TO HAVE EMPATHY IN ORDER TO BE EMOTIONALLY INTELLEGENT

Ø The ability to place yourself in other peoples shoes and walk a mile in them

Ø To leave behind our baggage and work on becoming a new ME!

In my next blog I will write about developing EI.

Have a great day!