With life being the way it is, with all of its stresses and demands, every person experiences periods of time that are more stressful and emotionally draining than others. Some days a person’s emotions can seem to fluctuate from minute to minute, while on other days, they can seem quite stable.
Whether a person can make it through a particularly emotional event or period of time, and actually benefit from it, will depend upon how accurately he or she can identify the emotion(s) involved and how well he or she can navigate that emotion to achieve the most positive outcome possible. In other words, it will depend upon the person’s level of Emotional Intelligence.
People who can use their emotionally intelligence have the ability to drive their emotions rather than being driven by them. They know what triggers particular emotions, they accurately recognise and differentiate between them, and in any given situation they transform their emotions so that negative ones have less impact than the positive ones.
Emotionally Intelligent people are skillful at minimising, resolving and even preventing unhealthy, destructive reactions that often arise when negative emotions increase. They recognise and steer themselves throught emotions such as anger, frustration, jealousy, and resentment. Furthermore, they are less likely to suffer from the detrimental outcomes such as overwhelm and anxiety that so often manifest when a person is overrun by negative emotions. Instead, Emotionally Intelligent people maximise, promote and are even able to summon healthy, positive emotions, which tend to bring with them positive outcomes such as achievement, success and inner peace.
In addition to recognising, navigating and effectively using their own emotions, Emotionally Intelligent people are able to help others do the same with their emotions . They are able to offer their skills to people who are experiencing individual or group conflict, even when they are not directly involved in the circumstances that created the conflict. As such, Emotionally Intelligent people are often hired, promoted and sought out because others are drawn to their calm, steady, friendly, considerate, self-assured personalities.
Fortunately, Emotional Intelligence is a group of skills that can be learn and developed – it is not a case of being born with it or not, as is the case with what we normally think of as “intelligence.” With the right training and information, anyone can determine his or her current level of Emotional Intelligence and can learn the skills involved in increasing that level to the maximum degree possible.
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