Emotional Intelligence: Easy Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness,Take Control of Your Emotions, Enhance Your Relationships

By Daniel Patterson

Do you have control over your emotions?

Would like to enhance your self-awareness and improve your relationships?

Emotional Intelligence affects us every day. Some are more susceptible to it, it's true, but each and every one of us is affected in some way by it and it is something that is becoming more and more valued by employers as time goes on.

Ask yourself if you can afford not to know more about Emotional Intelligence and how it could help you find the job of your dreams, then get Emotional Intelligence: One Book Packed with Easy Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness, Take Control of Your Emotions, Enhance Your Relationships and Guarantee EQ Mastery and doscover much more through chapters that include:

Understanding Emotional Intelligence
Getting Started
How to become more self-aware
Making sure you discover your passion
Managing your relationships
EQ at work
Improving leadership skills
Common mistakes you can avoid

Improving relationships at home and at work is the key to success in many areas of life. Once you have mastered this you can do almost anything.

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With Emotional Intelligence you can take control of your life like never before!

• Language: English
• Publisher: the heirs
• Release date: Nov 2, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386378082

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Introduction

Congratulations on downloading Emotional Intelligence: One Book Packed with Easy Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness, Take Control of Your Emotions, Enhance Your Relationships and Guarantee EQ Mastery and thank you for doing so. Whether you are familiar with the concept or not, rest assured that emotional intelligence is affecting your everyday life in a variety of ways. What’s more, even if you haven’t heard the term before, you can bet any potential employers out there that you are interested in have, which means remaining in the dark could very well cost you the job of your dreams somewhere down the road.

This is why the following chapters will discuss everything you need to know regarding emotional intelligence, what it is and how you can ensure you have as much of it as possible. You will learn all about the basics of emotional intelligence, test your current level of emotional intelligence, and learn how to get started improving your weaker areas. You will then learn about becoming more self-aware, finding your inner passion and expressing yourself more fully.

This will then lead you to improve the way you manage relationships with others as well as yourself. You will then learn how it can improve your workplace and how having a high level of emotional intelligence can make you a better leader. Finally, you will find a variety of common mistakes that many people make when trying to improve their emotional intelligence as well as what you can do to avoid them.

There are plenty of books on this subject on the market, thanks again for choosing this one! Every effort was made to ensure it is full of as much useful information as possible, please enjoy!

Chapter 1: Understanding Emotional Intelligence

While it is rarely discussed as frequently as traditional intelligence, emotional intelligence (EQ) is just as important, if not more so, in the average person’s day to day life. It is responsible for turning thoughts into actions, creating new connections between individuals and generally ensures you make the right decisions when it matters most. Broadly speaking, it can be seen as the ease with which a person can access their emotions to identify, manage, and understand a wide variety of scenarios including those that involve making an empathetic connection to others, lower stress or communicate effectively. It is also a vital part of understanding body language and nonverbal cues which can be useful in both business and social circles.

While generally spoken of as a single concept, emotional intelligence is actually a combination of three separate skills. The first of these is emotional awareness which can be thought of as the ability to understand what other people are feeling. This goes hand in hand with the skill of understanding and managing your own emotions. They both make it possible to nurture the ability to use one's own emotions or the emotions of other for specific goals. While these all might seem like very straightforward skills when written as a list, the fact of the matter is that those with high emotional intelligence across the board are quite rare.

When it comes to self-improvement, there are few things more universally beneficial than taking the time to improve your emotional intelligence. Intelligence will get you an interview, or maybe a first date, emotional intelligence will ensure that everything goes according to plan. If you are unsure what your current level of emotional intelligence, consider how confident you are of your performance in the following areas:

In the workplace: The complex social interactions that the workplace requires can be complicated to see clearly at the best of times and if you have a low emotional intelligence level then you are likely constantly baffled by why those around sometimes walk on egg shells around certain individuals. Improving your emotional intelligence level will instead allow you to excel, motivate others and eventually put you in line for a leadership position. In fact, emotional intelligence is now routinely considered part of the screening process for many management positions.

Your general health: Emotional intelligence allows you to understand your own emotions more thoroughly which in turn makes it easier to manage them effectively. This, in turn, should make it easier for you to manage your stress levels which ultimately leads to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, infertility, stroke, blood pressure and a general weakening of the immune system. This doesn’t just include your physical health, but also your mental well-being. If left untreated, high stress levels can also lead to anxiety, depression and other potentially serious mental issues. A failure to connect with others can also lead to long term feelings of isolation which can even lead to suicidal thoughts. 

Interactions with others: The better you come to understand your emotions the more likely you are to understand what other people are feeling which in turn makes your interpersonal relations proceed much more smoothly. The relationships formed as a result of a high emotional intelligence also allow for more mutually beneficial relationships to form.

Productivity: Emotional intelligence has a high correlation with an individual’s work performance. Research has revealed that emotional intelligence is twice as crucial as technical/cognitive abilities even among professions such as engineering. Emotionally intelligent managers, supervisors, and leaders are way more effective in managing teams, motivating people and negotiating.

They create a more positive atmosphere with happier workers, who are an asset to any organization. Happier workers translate into higher morale, low absenteeism, reduced attrition rate, and higher productivity. This leads to happier customers, more sales and higher profits. Thus emotional intelligence is an invaluable trait when it comes to success in the workplace. Whilst everyone within an organization possesses more or less the same technical competency and educational qualifications, only a few rise up the corporate ladder because of their ability to manage people and their emotions.

An emotionally intelligent leader who understands the true value of identifying and managing emotions can empower his/her subordinates with these skills on a daily basis. Discipline or self-regulation is essential when it comes to keeping your emotions in check, avoiding panic, remaining calm and being an asset to the team. Emotionally intelligent folks have little trouble in recognizing and managing potentially destructive emotions that can create stress and lower productivity. The approach is calmer, more confident and efficient. Rather than experiencing a more touchy view, these folks depend on their ability to possess a more realistic view of themselves and others. 

Coping With Life Challenges: Don’t you sometimes look at some people and wonder how they are able to stay afloat through the most challenging situations and emerge even more successful than before? Chances are, these guys score high on emotional intelligence. Emotionally intelligent folks have the ability to calm their body and mind to view things from a clearer and more objective perspective.  Their acts are more mindful and less panic struck.

Greater calmness, objectivity and clarity award you more resilience where life’s challenges are concerned. Emotional intelligence equips you with those skills to take on the toughest challenges life throws at you with resilience.

Early days

First discussed academically in the 1960s, the importance of emotional intelligence wasn’t fully grasped until the 1990s thanks to a pair of researchers named Peter Salovery and John Mayer. In their whitepaper titled Emotional Intelligence, they discussed the