EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
RONALDO B. MARILAO, JR.
IT 115
Emotional Intelligence
There is an intelligence based on emotion, and people who have this capacity are less depressed, healthier, more enjoyable, and have better relationships
A form of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and action
Definition
The ability to perceive emotions; to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought; to understand emotions and emotional knowledge; and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional and intellectual growth
2,000 years when Plato wrote, “All learning has an emotional base.”
What It Means to Be an Emotionally Intelligent Person
Emotional intelligence has to do with a person’s ability to recognize, understand, and manage his or her own emotions and the emotions of others. Emotions can help us solve problems and guide our relationships, both at home and at work. Some people (with high emotional intelligence or EQ) harness the wisdom of emotions better than others. Emotionally intelligent people are easy to spot because they tend to:
· Successfully manage difficult situations
· Express themselves clearly
· Gain respect from others
· Influence other people
· Entice other people to help them out
· Keep cool under pressure
· Recognize their emotional reactions to people or situations
· Know how to say the “right” thing to get the right result
· Manage themselves effectively when negotiating
· Manage other people effectively when negotiating
· Motivate themselves to get things done
· Know how to be positive, even during difficult situations
Even if your EQ is low, you always have the potential to improve. So don’t fret — with practice, you can build on your existing