emotional intelligence
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EMOTIONAL QUOTIONT VS INTELIGENCE QUOTIONT
Intelligence Quotient Emotional Quotient
Measure of cognitive abilities e.g. the ability to learn/understand/deal with new situations,logic and analytical skills
Measure of our ability to use both our emotions and cognitive skills in our life
IQ includes Reasoning skills and the ability to apply knowledge to one’s current situation.
EQ includes creativity, stress management, leadership and similar skills
Is established at birth and fixed after a certain age and can not be developed nor increased after then
EQ can be learned, developed and improved at any age, in fact, our ability to learn emotional intelligence increases as we get older
It is a threshold capability that can only show you the road to your career and gets you working in a certain field.
EQ makes you walk through that road and gets you promoted in that field.
High IQ makes you successful in academics
High EQ makes you successful in LIFE!
90% of the success of outstanding leaders is attributable to emotional intelligence (EQ), which is twice as important than intellectual intelligence (IQ).
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Find the picture that follows logically from the diagrams to the right.
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What do you think Ellen was most likely feeling at the moment this picture was taken? (Ellen is the woman in the pink shirt)
Bored Hopeful
Stressed Terrified
Cannot be determined/
none of the above
I don't know
THE COMPONENTS OF EQ://Add some quotation ere
SELF AWARENESS
Intrapersonal skills (ability to understand and apply personal emotional
o Self regardo Emotional self awarenesso Assertivenesso Independenceo Self actualization
SELF MANAGEMENT
Interpersonal skills (people skills)
o Stress management o Stress tolerance o Impulse control
SOCIAL AWARENESS
Interpersonal skills (people skills)
o Empathyo Social responsibility
SOCIAL MANAGEMENT
Interpersonal relationships (ability to establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships noted for their intimacy.
o Adaptability o Reality testing o Flexibility o Problem solving
IMPORTANCE
“The winds and waves are always on the side of the best navigators.” (Vincent Van Gogh)
Why is EQ so Important
Over past two decades children have become more:
• Depressed and Lonely• Impulsive and disobedient• Nervous, prone to worry and irritable• Prone to eating disorders
What are some possible causes?• Parents have less free-time with their
children• Less relatives in children’s life these
days• Both parents often work• There is more TV watching and
computer games
One learns EQ from social life which has been decreasing!
EQ SCORES HELP PREDICT:oAcademic drop outoAbility to cope with severe medical conditionoAggression in the work placeoSuicide attemptsoAbility to recover from mental illness
EQ SCORES HELP DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN:
Prisoners and a local normative sample
Successful and unsuccessful alcohol
treatment participants
Therapists and their clients
Future of Emotional Intelligence
IMPLEMENTATION
“Don't forget that little emotions are the great captains of our lives." (Vincent Van Gogh)
Are you on this side? Or you already know what we are teaching?
ANALYZE YOURSELF
Don’t worry if you are a person with “LOW EQ”, we have a solution for you!
Top 9 Suggestions for developing Your EIBecome emotionally literate. Label your feelings, rather than
labeling people or situations
Don’t advise, command, control, criticize, judge or lecture to others.
Take more responsibility for your feelings.
Use your feelings to help make decisions.
Use feelings to set and achieve goals.
Feel energized, not angry.
Use feelings to help show respect for others.
Validate other people’s feelings, avoid people who invalidate you.
Distinguish between thoughts and feelings.
BOTTOM LINE:
Emotional Intelligence is, therefore an ability to:• Understand the need and feelings of oneself and other people• Manage one’s own feelings.• Respond in an appropriate way