Emotional Intelligence
"Emotional Intelligence is a way of recognizing, understanding, and choosing how we think, feel, and act. It shapes our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. It defines how and what we learn; it allows us to set priorities; it determines the majority of our daily actions. Research suggests it is responsible for as much as 80% of the "success" in our lives." --Freedman et al., Handle With Care: Emotional Intelligence Activity Book
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions.
Approaches:
Self-awareness -Knowing our own emotions : - feelings, values and goals etc
Self-management -Managing our own emotions:- Managing your time-energy-work, Avoid unwanted addictive behaviour, Mood management, dealing with stress, emotion etc
Self-motivation - Motivating ourselves :-taking initiative, inspiriting others, creative, persistent and commitment
Social awareness (empathy)- Recognizing other’s emotions :-active listening, understanding others point of view, reading non-verbal cues
Social skills - Handling relationships :-Maintain close relationships, Motivating others, Leading others, Developing others, Confronting others, Collaborating with others
Elements:
Emotion perception : identify one’s own emotional experiences, emotional experiences of others, and value attributed to objects Emotional assimilation : know how to use emotion to help shape judgment and behavior. Hence emotion influencing information processing Emotion understanding : rich emotion knowledge base such as cause, bodily sensation, expressive modes and how the emotion functions inter personally Emotion regulation : monitor and manage emotion in self and others to produce the desired out come in a given situation
IQ is mostly determined by genetics and so it can not be changed drastically. But EQ is mostly learned and people can
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions.
Approaches:
Self-awareness -Knowing our own emotions : - feelings, values and goals etc
Self-management -Managing our own emotions:- Managing your time-energy-work, Avoid unwanted addictive behaviour, Mood management, dealing with stress, emotion etc
Self-motivation - Motivating ourselves :-taking initiative, inspiriting others, creative, persistent and commitment
Social awareness (empathy)- Recognizing other’s emotions :-active listening, understanding others point of view, reading non-verbal cues
Social skills - Handling relationships :-Maintain close relationships, Motivating others, Leading others, Developing others, Confronting others, Collaborating with others
Elements:
Emotion perception : identify one’s own emotional experiences, emotional experiences of others, and value attributed to objects Emotional assimilation : know how to use emotion to help shape judgment and behavior. Hence emotion influencing information processing Emotion understanding : rich emotion knowledge base such as cause, bodily sensation, expressive modes and how the emotion functions inter personally Emotion regulation : monitor and manage emotion in self and others to produce the desired out come in a given situation
IQ is mostly determined by genetics and so it can not be changed drastically. But EQ is mostly learned and people can