Facts About E.I.

On E.I. 

Emotional intelligence is defined as one’s ability to know, feel and judge emotions in cooperation with a person’s thinking process for behaving in a proper way, with ultimate realisation of happiness in him and in others. Normal development of emotion leads to healthy life, but too much variation in emotional level damages the individual’s life.

The level of emotion in a person is called Emotional Quotient (EQ). This can be obtained by using emotional intelligence tests, the same way as we assess the IQ of a person.

The success of a person in his job or profession depends not only on his IQ, but also on his EQ. The nurse with a high emotional quotient can identify and perceive her emotions and of others like patients easily through face reading, bodily language, voice tone, etc. Emotional intelligence forms the juncture at which cognition and emotion meet, it facilitates our capacity for resilience, motivation, empathy, reasoning, stress management, communication, and our ability to read and navigate a plethora of social situations and conflicts. EI matters and if cultivated affords one the opportunity to realize a more fulfilled and happy life. there are five components or elements of emotional intelligence:

1. Self-Awareness.
2. Self-Regulation.
3. Motivation.
4. Empathy.
5. Social Skills.

Self-awareness can be defined as the ability to recognize and understand your own emotions. It is the foundational building block of emotional intelligence, since regulating ourselves, having empathy for others, and so on all rely on identifying and understanding emotion in ourselves.

Self regulation is one step further to have high EQ, we must not only be able to recognize our own emotions, but we must also be able to appropriately express, regulate, and manage them. People who have high EQs also generally possess more intrinsic motivation. In other words, people high in EQ are motivated for internal reasons rather than external rewards like gaining wealth, respect, or fame. Those with high EQs are motivated for their own personal reasons and work toward their own goals. 

Empathy can be defined as the ability to understand how other people are feeling and recognize, on an intimate level, how you would feel if you were in their position. It does not mean you sympathize with, validate, or accept their behavior, just that you can see things from their perspective and feel what they feel. Empathy is arguably the most important skill to practice. 

Finally, social skills are the last piece of the EQ puzzle, these skills are what allow people to interact socially with one another and to successfully navigate social situations. Those with high EQs generally have higher than average social skills and are able to effectively pursue their goals and get the outcomes they want when interacting with others.

For having a good life, we need to have a good management of our emotions, which can help us to solve situations of big complexity, because if you don’t control your emotions well, you will do things that you don’t want to and you can fail in achieving your goals.

By Alejandro Durán, Step 9.