Emotional Intelligence Presented by: Manliguez, Gil A. Cortan, Cristina Giganto,Angelica
What is it Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability of a person to command respect by building relationships or by the ability to get along with the people or situation. A simple but vital question has been haunting us for long: “What ticks success in life? For quite some time now almost everyone believed in the age-old paradigm that one’s intelligence (IQ) is solely responsible for his or her success on the job, and for that matter, in life. However there have been instances that we often came across that only intelligence (i.e.academic excellence) doesn’t necessarily contribute to success in career or even in social life. There are people who have high IQ but have not done well. On the contrary, people with modest IQ have performed well. Lesson 1 Understanding the Intensity and Differentiation of Emotions May Help in Communicating Emotional Expressions
Psychologists and behavioral scientists have tried to answer this question. According to their findings, the difference quite often lies in their abilities what they call “Emotional Intelligence (EQ)”. In a sense this is what Schwartz (1997) view: what actually matters is not how much intellect or mind one had, but how it is used what one had . Emotional Intelligence: Before we explain the meaning of the word EQ, let us define first the terms emotion and intelligence. Lesson 1 Understanding the Intensity and Differentiation of Emotions May Help in Communicating Emotional Expressions
Literary or Dictionary Definition : Emotion is any agitation or disturbance of mind, feeling, passion, and any vehement or excited mental state. But emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability of a person to command respect by building relationships or the ability to get along with people or situations. Some view emotional intelligence as a position and proactive attitude towards all aspects of life. There are four emotional ingredients as cornerstones for intelligence. Lesson 1 Understanding the Intensity and Differentiation of Emotions May Help in Communicating Emotional Expressions
1. Emotional Literacy- Just as literacy enables people to be aware of what is happening around them, emotional literacy helps people become more aware of them as well as other people’s emotions. By managing other emotions, problem solving becomes easier and better. Emotional literacy also helps build self confidence through emotional honesty, energy, emotional feedback, intuition, responsibility and connection. 2. Emotional Fitness – what role physical fitness plays in doing physical / mental activities with confidence and resilience, so does emotional fitness in the case of feelings. Emotional fitness strengthen one’s resilience and believability for listening and managing conflict. Lesson 1 Understanding the Intensity and Differentiation of Emotions May Help in Communicating Emotional Expressions
3. Emotional Domain – Emotional domain means realm of control by emotions. It explores the way to align one’s life and work with his /her unique potential and purpose. 4. Emotional Alchemy – Through emotional alchemy, one extends one’s creative instincts and capability to flow with problems and pressures. It also enables one to compete for the future by building one’s capacity to sense more readily and assess the hidden solutions and untapped potential and possibilities. Lesson 1 Understanding the Intensity and Differentiation of Emotions May Help in Communicating Emotional Expressions
What is Emotional Intelligence (EQ)? (By Michael Akers & Grover Porter) Updated last: 8 Oct 2018 For most people, emotional intelligence (EQ) is more important than one’s intelligence (IQ) in attaining success in their lives and careers. As individuals, our success and the success of the profession today depend on our ability to read other people’s signals and react appropriately to them. Therefore, each one of us must develop the mature emotional intelligence skills required to better understand, empathize and negotiate with other people — particularly as the economy has become more global. Otherwise, success will elude us in our lives and careers. Elements of Emotional Intelligence
“Your EQ is the level of your ability to understand other people, what motivates them and how to work cooperatively with them,” says Howard Gardner, the influential Harvard theorist. Five major categories of emotional intelligence skills are recognized by researchers in this area. Elements of Emotional Intelligence
1. Self-awareness The ability to recognize an emotion as it “happens” is the key to your EQ. Developing self-awareness requires tuning in to your true feelings. If you evaluate your emotions, you can manage them. The major elements of self-awareness are: • Emotional awareness. Your ability to recognize your own emotions and their effects. • Self-confidence. Sureness about your self-worth and capabilities. Understanding the Five Categories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
2. Self-regulation. You often have little control over when you experience emotions. You can, however, have some say in how long an emotion will last by using a number of techniques to alleviate negative emotions such as anger, anxiety or depression. A few of these techniques include recasting a situation in a more positive light, taking a long walk and meditation or prayer. Self-regulation involves: • Self-control. Managing disruptive impulses. •Trustworthiness. Maintaining standards of honesty and integrity. • Conscientiousness. Taking responsibility for your own performance. • Adaptability. Handling change with flexibility. •Innovation. Being open to new ideas. Understanding the Five Categories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
3. Motivation. To motivate yourself for any achievement requires clear goals and a positive attitude. Although you may have a predisposition to either a positive or a negative attitude, you can with effort and practice learn to think more positively. If you catch negative thoughts as they occur, you can reframe them in more positive terms — which will help you achieve your goals. Motivation is made up of: • Achievement drive. You’re constant striving to improve or to meet a standard of excellence. • Commitment. Aligning with the goals of the group or organization. • Initiative. Readying yourself to act on opportunities. • Optimism. Pursuing goals persistently despite obstacles and setbacks Understanding the Five Categories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
4. Empathy. The ability to recognize how people feel is important to success in your life and career. The more skillful you are at discerning the feelings behind others’ signals the better you can control the signals you send them. An empathetic person excels at: • Service orientation. Anticipating, recognizing and meeting clients’ needs. • Developing others. Sensing what others need to progress and bolstering their abilities. • Leveraging diversity. Cultivating opportunities through diverse people. • Political awareness. Reading a group’s emotional currents and power relationships. • Understanding others. Discerning the feelings behind the needs and wants of others Understanding the Five Categories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
5. Social skills. The development of good interpersonal skills is tantamount to success in your life and career. In today’s always connected world, everyone has immediate access to technical knowledge. Thus, “people skills” are even more important now because you must possess a high EQ to better understand, empathize and negotiate with others in a global economy. Among the most useful skills are: • Influence. Wielding effective persuasion tactics. • Communication. Sending clear messages. • Leadership. Inspiring and guiding groups and people. • Change catalyst. Initiating or managing change. • Conflict management. Understanding, negotiating and resolving disagreements. • Building bonds. Nurturing instrumental relationships. • Collaboration and cooperation. Working with others toward shared goals. • Team capabilities. Creating group synergy in pursuing collective goals. Understanding the Five Categories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them What is it Variety of Emotions Emotions (feelings) are a normal and important part of our lives. Some emotions are positive. Think of happiness, joy, interest, curiosity, excitement, gratitude, love, and contentment. These positive emotions feel good. Negative emotions — like sadness, anger, loneliness, jealousy, self-criticism, fear, or rejection — can be difficult, even painful at times. That's especially true when we feel a negative emotion too often, too strongly, or we dwell on it too long. Negative emotions are impossible to avoid, though. Everyone feels them from time to time. They may be difficult, but we can learn to handle them.
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them Here are three steps that can help you handle Negative Emotions: STEP 1: IDENTIFY THE EMOTION Learning to notice and identify your feelings takes practice. In addition to focusing on your feelings, check in with your body, too. You may feel body sensations with certain emotions — perhaps your face gets hot, for example, or your muscles tense
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Be aware of how you feel. When you have a negative emotion, such as anger, try to name what you're feeling. For example: That guy Ian in my study group makes me so mad! I get so jealous when I see that girl/ guy with my ex. I feel afraid whenever I have to walk past those bullies
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Don't hide how you feel from yourself. You might not want to broadcast your feelings to other people (like your ex, for example, or that guy in your study group who is making you mad). But don't suppress your feelings entirely. Simply naming the feeling is a lot better than pretending not to have it — or exploding without thinking!
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Know why you feel the way you do. Figure out what happened that got you feeling the way you do. For example: A. Whenever we do group projects, Ian finds a way to take all the credit for other people's work. Our teacher thinks Ian's the star of the team, even though he never has his own ideas. B. When I see my ex flirting with other people, it reminds me that I still have feelings for him/ her. C. Even though the bullies don't pick on me, I see what they do to other people and it worries me
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Don't blame. Being able to recognize and explain your emotions isn't the same as blaming someone or something for the way you feel. Your ex probably isn't seeing someone new as a way to get back at you, and the guy who takes credit for your work might not even realize what he is doing. How you feel when these things happen comes from inside you. Your feelings are there for a reason — to help you make sense of what's going on.
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Accept all your emotions as natural and understandable. Don't judge yourself for the emotions you feel. It's normal to feel them. Acknowledging how you feel can help you move on, so don't be hard on yourself!
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them STEP 2: TAKE ACTION Once you've processed what you're feeling, you can decide if you need to express your emotion. Sometimes it's enough to just realize how you feel, but other times you'll want to do something to feel better.
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Think about the best way to express your emotion. Is this a time when you need to gently confront someone else? To talk over what you're feeling with a friend? Or to work off the feeling by going for a run? For example: A. It won't solve anything to show my anger to Ian — it may even make him feel more superior! But my feelings tell me that I need to avoid getting in another situation where he takes control over a project. B. I'll hold my head high around my ex, then I'll put on some sad songs and have a good cry in my room to help me release my feelings and eventually let go. C. My fear of being around those bullies is a sign that they have gone too far. Perhaps, I should talk about what's going on with a school counselor.
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Learn how to change your mood. At a certain point, you'll want to shift from a negative mood into a positive one. Otherwise your thinking may get stuck on how bad things are, and that can drag you down into feeling worse. Try doing things that make you happy, even if you don't feel like it at the time. For example, you might not be in the mood to go out after a breakup, but going for a walk or watching a funny movie with friends can lift you out of that negative space.
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Build positive emotions. Positive feelings create a sense of happiness and well-being. Make it a habit to notice and focus on what's good in your life — even the little things, like the praise your dad gave you for fixing his bookshelves or how great the salad you made for lunch tastes. Noticing the good things even when you're feeling bad can help you shift the emotional balance from negative to positive.
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them • Seek support. Talk about how you're feeling with a parent, trusted adult, or a friend. They can help you explore your emotions and give you a fresh way of thinking about things. And nothing helps you feel more understood and cared for than the support of someone who loves you for who you are. • Exercise. Physical activity helps the brain produce natural chemicals that promote a positive mood. Exercise also can release stress buildup and help you from staying stuck on negative feelings
Lesson 2 Positive and Negative Emotions: How One’s Expresses or Hides Them STEP 3: GET HELP WITH DIFFICULT EMOTIONS Sometimes, no matter what you do, you can't shake a tough emotion. If you find yourself stuck in feelings of sadness or worry for more than a couple of weeks, or if you feel so upset that you think you might hurt yourself or other people, you may need extra help. Talk to a school counselor, parent, trusted adult, or therapist. Counselors and therapists are trained to teach people how to break out of negative emotions. They can provide lots of tips and ideas that will help you feel better
METHOD 1: Opening Up 1. Find a counsellor. 2. Keep an open mind. 3. Be open with whoever is willing to help you. 4. Talk to a friend or family member. 5. Try to avoid confronting someone when you're already angry. 6. Remember to listen. How to Express Your Emotional Pain the Healthy Way
METHOD 2: Managing Emotions Physically 1. Exercise to help deal with depression. 2. Develop relaxation techniques. 3. Learn how to meditate. 4. Allow yourself to cry. How to Express Your Emotional Pain the Healthy Way
METHOD 3: Expressing Your Feelings through Creativity 1. Keep a journal. 2. Try expressing yourself through art. 3. Consider writing about your pain. METHOD 4: Learning to Monitor Your Feelings 1. Allow yourself to feel your emotions. 2. Identify your emotions. 3. Avoid the situation that is making you angry. 4. Observe your feelings as you talk to others How to Express Your Emotional Pain the Healthy Way
1. Emotional Literacy- Just as literacy enables people to be aware of what is happening around them, emotional literacy helps people become more aware of them as well as other people’s emotions. By managing emotions in others, problem solving becomes easier and better. Emotional literacy also helps build self-confidence through emotional honesty, energy, emotional feedback, intuition, responsibility and connection. 2. Emotional Fitness – what role physical fitness plays in doing physical / mental activities with confidence and resilience, so does emotional fitness in the case of feelings. Emotional fitness strengthen one’s resilience and believability for listening and managing conflict. 3. Emotional Domain – Emotional domain means realm of control by emotions. It explores the way to align one’s life and work with his /her unique potential and purpose. 4. Emotional Alchemy – Through emotional alchemy, one extends one’s creative instincts and capability to flow with problems and pressures. It also enables one to compete for the future by building one’s capacity to sense more readily and assess the hidden solutions and untapped potential and possibilities. Generalization
Five Categories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ): 1. Self-awareness 2. Self-regulation 3. Motivation. 4. Empathy. 5. Social skills How to Express Your Emotional Pain the Healthy Way METHOD 1: Opening Up 1. Find a counselor 2. Keep an open mind. 3. Be open with whoever is willing to help you. 4. Talk to a friend or family member. 5. Try to avoid confronting someone when you're already angry. 6. Remember to listen. Generalization
METHOD 2: Managing Emotions Physically 1. Exercise to help deal with depression. 2. Develop relaxation techniques. 3. Learn how to meditate. 4. Allow yourself to cry. METHOD 3: Expressing Your Feelings through Creativity 1. Keep a journal. 2. Try expressing yourself through art. 3. Consider writing about your pain. METHOD 4: Learning to Monitor Your Feelings 1. Allow yourself to feel your emotions. 2. Identify your emotions. 3. Avoid the situation that is making you angry. 4. Observe your feelings as you talk to other. Generalization