Emotional Intelligence: What is it? Why do you need it?
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The success of a person used to be determined mostly by his IQ , but that’s changing drastically. In my quest to find answers to people’s emotional issues in the world, a friend suggested to read the book “Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman which helped me understand how to master emotions. I would like to share some of the important suggestions which helps us in building a better world.
Why do you think Jeff Bazos is the richest man in the world ? not what you’re thinking, no, its not his smarts, but focus on customer satisfaction.
Emotional Intelligence contributes to 80% of your life’s success whereas IQ only 20%
(1) Self-Awareness, Self Realization
You do not want to suppress your thoughts and you may not be able to address them immediately, but knowing them is the first major step, and is the path to “Self Awareness”. One of the greatest suggestion I received was to “Write down a journal of all thoughts and feelings that come in the day”.
(2) Managing your emotions
If someone asks you, do you have a full-time job, what would you say? I would Say, “Managing emotions is my full-time job”. And fear of COVID gives us lot of worry & anxiety which are high intense moods and you need activities low in intensity like meditation, relaxation that calm you down.
(3) Self-Motivation
For optimal and peak performance, you need to have the right balance of worry & anxiety like Jeff Bezos. If you have too less worry or too much anxiety, you performance will be low.
(4) Recognizing emotions in others
Empathy. The most important emotion of all. Having empathy, empathizing with others would help in your marriage, at work and with children at school
Remember this quote from Maya Angelou — “I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”
I urge you to check every interaction you have, and make sure you’ve made that person feel “special, loved, or respected”.
