The objective of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 is to educate people on suppressing their natural willingness to succumb to their feelings or emotions. The author states, “The physical pathway for emotional intelligence starts in the brain, at the spinal cord. Your primary senses enter here and must travel to the front of your brain before you can think rationally about your experience. But first they travel through the limbic system, the place where emotions are experienced. Emotional intelligence requires effective communication between the rational and emotional centers of the brain” (p. 7). Overall, people have to learn to deal with or work through the emotional phase of the thinking process and resist making “knee jerk” decisions based on their feelings at a given moment. By increasing their EQ, people are more proficient in making sound rational decisions when they are emotional.…
I scored an eight in Self Awareness, eight in Relationship Management, and tens in both Self-Management and Social Awareness. From these results, I conclude that I need to learn more about my own emotions and develop confidence, so that I may then become a confident leader who can help others. These two quadrants of Self Awareness and Relationship Management work together, so these results make sense. For example, if I had to lead a department in an organization, and hid in my office everyday because I didn’t like public speaking, then I wouldn’t be a very effective leader. However, if I held daily morning meetings with my department, set forth the day’s goals, resolved conflicts, and gave motivational incentives to my employees, then my chances of being an effective leader are drastically…
After carefully reviewing the Emotional intelligence Assessment quiz result one status found captured my attention keenly. The result is definitely on point with my personal characteristics. The assessment result showed true fact pushing myself taking care of others, and forget I need to pay attention to me as well. This is true and this often happens on a daily basis. I enjoy my surrounding environment when I know each individual is happy with a bright smile on their faces. I lack taking care of myself first hand before attending to other individual or group needs. The Emotional Intelligence assessment has shown me clearly my strongest but yet, my weakest attribute and trait in my personality. For example, the care for others and thoughts of others feelings is important to , so I push to make each person around me happy, while I need to think of myself first, and take care of others thereafter while I am in good shape.…
Throughout this chapter Goleman argues that a person’s IQ has little to do with their success in life. For example, someone with extremely high SAT scores who parties his way through college could take ten years to finally get a degree whereas a person with mediocre scores but studies diligently in college will earn his degree in four years. Emotional intelligence can be very beneficial throughout life. With the ability to understand others and the outcomes of situations puts one in a better standing when it comes to facing the “vicissitudes of life” regardless of your academic standing.…
Emotional intelligence is defined in our book as "the composite set of capabilities that enable a person to manage himself or herself and others" (Goleman, 1995, 1998)…
Being emotionally well-adjusted is critical and crucial to a person's healthy mental state. We encounter numerous obstacles in our day-to-day activities and consequently it is essential to know how to handle and manage life’s positive and negative challenges. Understanding how to control our emotions includes learning to deal with feelings of joy, happiness, anger, sadness, grief or fear, not withstanding the circumstance or situation. It is important to recognize that we need to give ourselves permission to acknowledge and express emotions in a way that results in a positive and productive outcome. Moreover, this is an imperative step in keeping our emotional health and mental well-being in a state of optimal balance and…
After taking the emotional intelligence quiz, I found that my overall score was a 104. This score according to the testing sight is satisfactory, but has room for improvement. The test result was that I was adequately skilled at understanding and dealing with emotions but still needed to improve in these areas (Emotional Intelligence Test).…
There are two aspects to consider when understanding Emotional Intelligence. The first aspect is to truly understand yourself, your goals, your intentions, your responses, and your behavior. The second is to understand others, their personalities and their feelings. There are five domains of Emotional Intelligence as well. These are knowing your emotions, managing your own emotions, motivating yourself, recognizing and understanding other people 's emotions and lastly is managing…
Failing to acknowledge your emotions can have negative consequences on your physical and mental well being, which is why it is important to work through them.…
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Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to identify, control and assess emotions. It is a critical tool needed for communication with union and management team members. The ability to be able to identify and control not only your own emotions with team members but also being able to assess and identify and correctly respond to others emotions is one of the key factors in labor negotiations.…
The most interesting information I’ve gained within this chapter is how a persons emotions, described as E.I. can directly affect general moods. “Emotional Intelligence” in a positive way can lead us into rewarding performances throughout our lives. This opportunity to learn how to influence my abilities will always benefit in coping with life’s pressures and demands.…
The term "emotional intelligence" debuted in several scientific articles written by John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey during the early 1990s. Emotional intelligence is defined as the compilation of four kinds of skills: perceiving and expressing emotions, understanding emotions, using emotions, and managing emotions.…
The term emotional intelligence came into common usage following the success in the 1990s of Daniel Goleman’s book, Emotional Intelligence; why it can matter more than IQ. Goleman pointed out that ‘success’ in life depends not only on our IQ as measured by our literacy and numeracy skills but, more importantly, on how well we know our own emotional make-up, manage our emotional responses and react to the emotional responses of others.…