Your IQ isn't the only thing that is important to your employer.
Emotional Intelligence (EI) has become a well-known topic discussed
by many individuals and their employers. EI can be argued to be just as important as
someone’s IQ in that it helps create a well-rounded individual who is more
emotionally stable. Just as some of us are born with higher IQ’s than others,
some people have more dominant EI’s than others. As outlined by Psychology experts,
Emotional Intelligence refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate
emotions.
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Can we develop our EI’s?
As more employers see value in higher EI’s the debate has been
sparked - Can we learn to develop our EI’s?
Some researchers argue that you can
learn emotional intelligence, while others claim that it is an inborn
characteristic.
My family has always spoken of how important emotional
intelligence is. As I establish myself in the workplace and gain more knowledge of
the world around me, I am starting to understand that it involves both IQ and
EI to create a well-rounded individual.
To continue to develop my EI, I have
started a journal that captures my emotions as I deal with new work place
challenges. I had previously read about keeping a feelings diary a couple
months ago and decided to try it out.
The purpose of the journal is to write down my emotions as
different scenarios arise at work as well as in my personal life. Stress can
trigger negative emotional reactions and can therefore cause someone to act
differently than they would in a less stressful situation. My hope is that I
can start to recognize patterns in my reactions based on how I am feeling in
those moments or prior in the day. My goal is to be able to be more aware of
how I am feeling so that I can anticipate my decisions and be able to compare
them to how I would normally react. I want to learn to be more consistent in my
reactions and decisions as I feel that consistency is a gateway to success.
In my findings thus far, I have found that it takes a lot of
energy to fully access situations when dealing with stress. When stressed, I
feel that I do not have time to hear all of the information and must quickly
provide a solution. This can often make me look bad as I tend to not provide
the proper resolution to the problem. I am starting to learn that I must take
the time to fully hear the issue and all of the information before I can
provide a solution.
Stress will always be a part of my life and therefore I must
learn to better deal with it. My feelings diary seems rather silly at times, especially
when I am stressed and short for time. But I do feel that in the long run I will
be able to better understand myself and therefore continue to develop my
emotion intelligence.
For those readers who are interested in developing their
emotional intelligence or simply just learning more about it, I recommend visiting
the following sites:
I also took this free Emotional Intelligence Quiz which I
found beneficial:
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