Emotional Intelligence: The Golden Compass Of Your Happiness
Emotion is considered as the complementary elements of a well-structured thought. We all know for example that colors stimulate emotions and predispose our emotions and thoughts. This means that the person needs: emotion and logic or logic and emotion, to make a decision.
What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional intelligence is a superior ability of the individual to understand, express, regulate and monitor his emotions, to adapt them to his thinking, to understand the cause of their provocation, and to regulate their effects both on himself and those around him.
Socrates’ quote “know yourself” expresses this cornerstone of emotional intelligence: to perceive your emotions as soon as they are born within you.
It is clear that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is not a static indicator, but an intelligence skill cultivated through non-formal education, throughout our childhood and adulthood. It is a kind of intelligence that is built in the course of a person’s development.
Emotional intelligence develops, at least, until the fifth decade of our life, and is positively influenced by experience and education. The highest rate of its growth is observed in the first years of youth. Emotional intelligence puts emotion at the forefront, as it is the “intelligence of the heart”.
The EQ index, unlike the IQ, is completely intertwined with a person’s success in life. An emotionally intelligent individual is equivalent to a successful one.
The keyword for EQ is self-knowledge, in the sense of the individual’s constant attention to his internal processes.
Characteristics of a person with high Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
Includes:
- recognizing his feelings
- controlling his emotions
- finding motivation for himself
- recognizing the feelings of others
- managing his relationships.
”Anyone can get angry… This is very easy. But to get angry with the right person, in the right place, at the right time, for the right reason, and in the right way is not easy.” Aristotle
People with high EQ are characterized by:
- low-stress levels
- fewer depressive symptoms
- less susceptibility to abuse (drugs, alcohol, cigarettes)
- less aggressiveness
- less intimidation of other people.
In terms of their professional career, they often take leadership positions, as they can manage internal conflicts while being characterized by the team and cooperative spirit.
How can I develop emotional intelligence (EQ)
Lack of information, due to attachment to old mentalities, has hindered the effective mobilization for organized training in EQ skills, perpetuating personal and interpersonal difficulties. Enhancing our Emotional Intelligence means empowering all of these skills, that are reported for the good of our personal and professional lives.
Indicative ways to develop our EQ:
- cultivating awareness of our emotions
- avoid criticizing or interrupting our emotions before studying them
- training in the control and management of daily stress
- listening to our body
- trying to see the difficulties of life with humor
- resolve disputes in a positive way
- looking inside ourselves is the first step in recognizing and regulating our emotions.
In a few words… Emotional intelligence helps us to make decisions, predict life results, to understand people, and build healthy relationships. What else do we want to be truly happy?
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