ICLD 3.14 Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ: Discussion Board

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• Every time I take a leadership course at work there is a large section devoted to emotional intelligence. Having awareness of one’s own emotions and the emotions of others helps a leader to manage interactions successfully, have clear communication and effective handling of conflict. While understanding the emotions of others is an important part of emotional intelligence, I’ve also found that it is important to be able to understand their emotions in the proper context. Sometimes you have to overcome what you think you know about a situation and approach things with an open mind.

• Emotional intelligence is a crucial aspect of our lives. It is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our emotions. The five elements of emotional intelligence are self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, empathy, and motivation. Self-awareness is recognizing and understanding our emotions, strengths, and weaknesses. Self-regulation is the ability to manage our emotions and impulses effectively. Social skills involve the ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. Finally, motivation is the drive to achieve our goals and overcome obstacles. Developing emotional intelligence can help us navigate our personal and professional lives more efficiently and succeed.

• This was a good lesson on emotional intelligence. This is important for anyone at any level to get better at because it’s so important to success in our work lives and personal lives. The 5 elements of emotional intelligence were listed as: self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, empathy, and motivation. I think delayed gratification is a huge issue in today’s society with social media becoming so big. We’re all able to have everything at our fingertips instantly and a lot of people don’t react well when they have to wait or play the long game on something. It’s important for us to remember that while we can’t control our initial reaction (chemical reaction), we can manage our thoughts and emotions afterward to change how we handle a situation. Also while this is generally a learned behavior very early on in life, it is a skill we can all work on to improve ourselves and our ability to interact with the world around us.

  • I completely agree with you. Emotional intelligence is crucial to success both in our professional and personal lives. The five elements of emotional intelligence you mentioned, self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, empathy, and motivation, are all necessary skills to master. You bring up an excellent point about the issue of delayed gratification in our society today. With social media and technology, we are used to almost instantly having everything at our fingertips. It can be challenging for some people to wait or play the long game on something. However, it is essential to remember that we can manage our thoughts and emotions after our initial reaction to change how we handle a situation. Emotional intelligence may be a learned behavior early on in life, but it is a skill we can all work on and improve ourselves to interact better with the world around us.

  • It seems that a lot of people now days lack the discipline to delay gratification and resist temptation. Delayed gratification is an important part of emotional intelligence and helps people learn important life skills like goal setting, discipline and follow-through on tasks. There is research that people who can delay gratification are more likely to succeed in life. While emotional intelligence and delayed gratification are not the same concepts they definitely intertwine in some aspects. Delay the instant gratification of yelling at an employee and use your interpersonal skills = a positive interaction with lasting results.