As Emotional Intelligence (EQ) became well known, people began learning more about how to handle their emotions, especially anger. Many businesses as well as anger management classes use this to help teach communication between people.
Understanding your emotional intelligence is an important part of everyday life because it teaches to be more aware of your surroundings, more sensitive to how your actions affect others and help to regulate any anger issues.
Knowing and expression emotions properly has nothing to do with Intelligent Quotient (IQ). Instead, it is about people skills. Specifically, it is the ability to recognize, understand and regulate your own emotions and those of others. By being able to make better choices about emotions as they relate to anger you can understand how to better act or react in any situation. In fact, research has shown that people who are able to manage their own feelings and work more effectively with others are more likely to live happier lives.
In the workplace, understanding your emotions has become more important because employers use it as a predictor of which employees will make the best leaders on projects. There are certain assumptions that are made about employees who score high on Emotional Intelligence. For instance, an employer would expect that this employee was able to control their own emotions, understand how to communicate well with others and how to be a strong problem solver. This person may have a great sense of humor and be able to show empathy to other people. All traits that are important in the workplace.
Emotional Intelligence is also important in personal relationships because it helps everyone communicate more effectively. Let's face it, emotions are a big part of relationships and they can run rampant if they are not controlled, especially anger.
When we understand Emotional Intelligence and how to use it we can strengthen existing relationships and increase our ability to communicate more effectively. It will also help us manage our anger more effectively and learn more about ourselves. Some people can become angry and abusive when confronted with certain situations. Without Emotional Intelligence there can be a tendency to strike out with fighting or other violence. When Emotional Intelligence is learned it can stop edgy situations from becoming more difficult and it can empower individuals to take control instead of taking revenge. Relationships can also break up because the two people (whether friends or married) cannot seem to get past the hurt feelings that accumulate if people do not learn how to regulate emotions and anger. Emotional Intelligence helps you sort out communication challenges as well as be more aware of another's feelings, which is a powerful anger management tool.
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Shannon Munford MS
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