EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE10 Things You May Not Know

Did you ever work for someone whose only interest was the bottom line?

Were you ever in an organization that generated fear or anger?

Have you occasionally found yourself unable to manage your own emotions to fit specific situations?

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In each situation, Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a critical factor.

How you understand and manage your emotions and how you interact with emotions of others shapes your experience and your life.

Even if you are already very emotionally intelligence, it is nice to know more.

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Here are 10 facts about emotional intelligence you may

not already know:

#1. Emotional & social skills are FOUR times more important than IQ when considering success and prestige in professional settings.

Different studies give different results. However, in a study of PhD’s, social and emotional intelligence was significantly more important to professional success and prestige than IQ alone.

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#2. We learn and can unlearn emotions.

Not only do children (and adults) learn how to distinguish emotions in themselves and others, they learn how to experience and react to emotions and channel their natural temperaments.

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#3. We feel other people’s emotions.

Through limbic resonance, our bodies synchronize with other people’s emotions when we are with them. Our respiration, heart rate and blood pressure change to mirror their emotions.

“Emotions are contagious. We catch them and we spread them.” ~Julio Olalla

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#4. Emotions affect every decision we make.

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According to Lehrer (2009), “A brain that can’t feel can’t make up its mind.”

#5. By changing our bodies, we can change our emotions.

Research on liking, alertness and confidence indicate that people change attitudes and responses based on changes in their bodies.

Changing our bodies can also change our own sense of power and even body chemistry.

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#6. We are always in an emotion…even when we try to be emotionless.

We may not show emotion, but our bodies secrete hormones and we interpret the world around us. This causes us to perceive the world, assess it and experience a sensation – feel an emotion.

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#7. Emotions affect our health, our relationships and our financial well-being.

How we respond to other people and events often determines how people respond to us. The course of our lives often depends on our level of emotional intelligence (EQ).

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#8. Mind, body, language and emotion are all tied together.

The mind-body connection is nothing new. However, research on the effect of emotions on the body is intriguing. This article shows how the physical body changes to reflect different emotions.

In addition, people trust , distrust or lose trust based on how they align.

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#9. Emotions predispose us to act in particular ways.

If we are angry, we see the world in a way that reinforces that anger and causes us to act differently than if we are fearful, sad or deliriously happy.

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#10. Emotional intelligence can be learned.

Through a process called “plasticity,” the brain changes as individuals practice new emotional intelligence strategies.

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In my new Emotional Intelligence Dashboard, you will find all this and much more.

I have studied and presented information on emotions and EI for over 20 years. During that time, I have collected an abundance of books and resources I want to share with you in the Emotional Intelligence Dashboard.

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Check out the EI Dashboard today. Whether you … want to build a stronger emotional climate in your

organization, want materials to share, or you want to manage your own emotions better, my

Emotional Intelligence Dashboard is designed for you.

It includes a wealth of … basic EI research and practical information, activities to help you and your audiences become

more emotionally intelligent, and resources to use when teaching others to

understand and use emotional intelligence.

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