EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
I received the highest compliment from a COO of a multi million dollar self made company. He said, “You have the highest emotional intelligence of anyone I know.” Since I was working with the key players of his board, I was even more delighted.
What is Emotional Intelligence or (EI)?
It is the critical space where emotions and our cognition meets. The amount of EI that we have determines our ability to perceive, demonstrate, and control our emotions with others to be able to communicate effectively. The higher our EI, the larger our capacity will be for resiliency, stress management, empathy, and communication. It determines how well you can interpret, process, and navigate social interactions and conflicts.
It cultivated the ability to effectively express and share emotions and concepts and at the same time, to understand, respect, and respond to the emotions of others.
Signs of Emotional Intelligence
- The ability to understand and express what others are feeling.
- Personal inventory of strengths and weaknesses
- Self- acceptance
- The ability to grow, change, learn from mistakes
- Curiosity
- Compassion and empathy
- The ability ti navigate through tension, conflict, and difficult conversations.
- Responding vs. reacting
- An ability to see the big picture in situations.
Emotional Intelligence impacts the key areas of life:
Social - how you get along with others
Physical - your level of stress and tension
Mental - your ability to process and navigate different experiences
Emotional - awareness of what you are feeling and the ability to help yourself regulate effectively
Cultivating the ability to process and integrate will be white you as you highest your EI.
