“If you know what you feel, you will know what you want.”
You are probably familiar with your IQ, whether you’ve taken an official test or not.
What do you know about your emotional quotient?
Unlike IQ, you can improve your emotional intelligence.
It doesn’t matter what your base EQ is, you can still grow it and with that growth comes a vast improvement in every area of your life. Intelligence is fine, but it’s only going to take you so far.
If you’re ready to truly move forward with your life, you need to start looking at the other areas of your life ready for improvement. The first port of call? Your emotional intelligence.
Believe it or not, it affects every aspect of your life, therefore improving your emotional intelligence will help you in your career, personal life, and beyond.
While there are many benefits to having a high level of emotional intelligence, there are certain signs which indicate the opposite. As you read through the most common signs of a low level of emotional intelligence, you will immediately think of certain people in your life.
You may even recognize some of these signs in yourself. Don’t panic, you can make a change. More importantly, understanding emotional intelligence will help you deal with the people in your life who do have a low EQ.
In all honesty, it doesn’t matter whether you are in a position of leadership, or you just want to improve your own relationships, having a greater understanding of emotional intelligence will help you deal with low EQ individuals. You can arm yourself with tools that improve your life and your workplace.
QUESTIONS TO REFLECT ON:
Thinking
- Are you actively thinking about whether you understand your emotions?
- Are you thinking about all the the things that help you feel good emotions?
- Are you thinking about how you can further develop how to understand your emotions?
Talk – New Language
- Are you actively expressing the how you feel?
- Do you speak of all the good and positive things that make you feel good and name the things that help with that?
- Are you continuously telling yourself and reminding yourself to own up to your feelings and emotions?
Behaviour
- Do you accept your emotions and understand them fully?
- Do you try and focus on positive behaviours that help you with your emotions?
- Do you continuously learn more about how owning up to your feelings and emotions can help you?
Relationships & Contribution
- Do you actively try and understand your feelings better so you can be a better partner? son/daughter? mother/father?
- Are you willing to make sure that you always strive to learn more about understanding your emotions to better express them to the people you love?
