Exactly what is Emotional Intelligence?

The term encompasses the following five characteristics and abilities:

Self-awareness–knowing your emotions, recognizing feelings as they occur, and discriminating between them

Mood management–handling feelings so they’re relevant to the current situation and you react appropriately

Self-motivation–”gathering up” your feelings and directing yourself towards a goal, despite self-doubt, inertia, and impulsiveness

Empathy–recognizing feelings in others and tuning into their verbal and nonverbal cues

Managing relationships–handling interpersonal interaction, conflict resolution, and negotiations

Why Do We Need Emotional Intelligence?

Research in brain-based learning suggests that emotional health is fundamental to effective learning. According to a report from the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, the most critical element for a student’s success in school is an understanding of how to learn. The key ingredients for this understanding are:

Confidence
Curiosity
Intentionality
Self-control
Relatedness
Capacity to communicate
Ability to cooperate

These traits are all aspects of Emotional Intelligence. Basically, a student who learns to learn is much more apt to succeed. Emotional Intelligence has proven a better predictor of future success than traditional methods like the GPA, IQ, and standardized test scores.

Hence, the great interest in Emotional Intelligence on the part of corporations, universities, and schools nationwide. The idea of Emotional Intelligence has inspired research and curriculum development throughout these facilities. Researchers have concluded that people who manage their own feelings well and deal effectively with others are more likely to live content lives. Plus, happy people are more apt to retain information and do so more effectively than dissatisfied people.

Building one’s Emotional Intelligence has a lifelong impact. Many parents and educators, alarmed by increasing levels of conflict in young schoolchildren–from low self-esteem to early drug and alcohol use to depression, are rushing to teach students the skills necessary for Emotional Intelligence. And in corporations, the inclusion of Emotional Intelligence in training programs has helped employees cooperate better and motivate more, thereby increasing productivity and profits.

Source

Today’s quote

“Do not wait; the time will never be ”just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”

By Napoleon Hill

Do not covet your ideas

“Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you”

You will remember from school other students preventing you from seeing thier answers by placing thier arm around thier exercise book or exam paper.It is the same at work, people are secretive with ideas. “Dont let them that, they’s take the credit for it.” The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you’ll become stale.

If you give away everthing you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish.Somehow the more you give away, the more comes back to you.Ideas are open knowledge. Dont claim ownership. They’re not your ideas anyway, they’re someone else’s. THey are out there floating by on the ether. You just have to put yourself in a frame of mind to pick them up.

By Paul Arden