How emotionally intelligent are you?

Have you ever wondered about the part your emotions have to play in your life and relationships? How important have you considered that being empathic to the feelings of others can actually improve your relationships with them? Have you been concerned about your relationship with your colleagues and neighbours? The questions go on and on.

In this #COVID19 era, emotional intelligence is key. People are getting sacked and people are feeling desperate. As an individual, how are you reacting to the situation you are facing? How are you are you reacting to the situation of others around you? How much are you able to apply your discerning ability to the communications that come your way? Are you easily overtaken by emotions or you assess issues based on their merit?

Now, don’t get me wrong. Am I saying you are expected to suppress your emotions? Not at all. What I am saying is that you need to recognise your emotions. It is a realistic part of you. All of us have emotions. How we manage them is important. The other important thing is how you react to others within your purview. Are you feeling they are disturbance and you let them feel so or you make them feel welcomed?

Why is this important? The truth is that whatever or whoever you may be in the society, your emotions have a lot of impact on your decisions and behaviour. As such, you may be a highly intelligent person or a ‘big’ person in your society, if your emotional intelligence is low, it is a booby trap waiting to destroy all your life achievements.

The way out is that, the same way you learnt the skills to have a career, it is important you learn to master the skill of emotional intelligence. So, the first thing is to understand that we need to determine our level of emotional intelligence.

I ask you again, what is your level of your emotional intelligence? If you do not know it, then keep faith with us as we unravel this mystery here by giving you a series of articles on the subject.

However, to start with, let’s take some tests to help us assess our level of emotional intelligence.

Are you aware of your strengths as a person?

Are you easily irritated and you also show it?

Do you easily feel threatened by the success of others?

Do you make an effort to understand other people and see issues from their perspective?

Are you big on values and do you defend your integrity rather than bending it to fit situations?

Do you prefer to defer to others whether necessary or not or do you stand your grounds for the right thing?

We will try build on these as we go along. However, ensure that you answer these questions to practice and prepare for the future posts here.

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