Emotional Intelligence and You
The world of emotional intelligence is roughly a new concept. Even though it has been coined by Daniel Goleman in his successful book, “Emotional Intelligence”. However, he is not the one who created the term emotional intelligence, but simply made the idea extremely popular. It was first used in 1964 by Michael Beldoch in a literary paper, “Sensitivity to Expression of Emotional Meaning in Three Modes of Communication”. It wasn’t until 1990 that Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer developed the scientific construct of emotional intelligence we know today.
Now that we have an understanding of where emotional intelligence came from. What does it have to do with you and I? Well, everyday and every single person uses some form of emotional intelligence, even when they are by themselves. When it comes to self-regulations, self-awareness or, interpersonal relationships everyone uses some for of it.
The power of emotional intelligence can help you regulate your emotions, build stronger relationships with others, and build resiliency to mental struggles. These are just a few things emotional intelligence can do for you. Not only that but combine these with your workplace, higher education, and generally networking. You can easily become the star of the show if you know how to use your emotional intelligence to your advantage. Have no worries too, it is much easier than it sounds. Even those who may be on the lower end of the emotional quotient spectrum, you can always improve and increase your scores. Through thousands of participants and countless research this has been proven possible through practice.
The beauty of emotional intelligence is that it is malleable and you are able to improve your scores and intelligence. As opposed to IQ, you can always improve your EQ. Here are some simple practices you can do to help improve your emotional intelligence:
Celebrate positive feedback
Openly discuss challenges/anxiety
Write down a few words of how you feel before expressing
Create space for others to shine
Explain problems to a trusted peer
These are only a few of the practices you can do to improve your emotional intelligence. There are plenty of other ways, depending on the specific skill set you want to improve as well. The big part to practicing all of these skills is having someone by your side. Someone who will help be accountable of reaching your goals and then establishing newer ones. If you need someone who is willing to help you achieve your goals of being a better leader, student, manager, or overall person then we should chat.
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