Ways of Improving EQ

by: Gafura
Author: Dudung.Net
Published: November 13, 2007

Emotional intelligence is very important role for successful lives. Unlike IQ, emotional intelligence (EQ) apparently can be trained and improved. How: Have the following seven skills:

(1) Recognize the emotional self. Try to identify what you're feeling or emotion that was there in your mind: fear, anger, disappointment, loneliness, etc..
(2) Letting go of negative emotions. Disconnect the negative emotions hinder the realization of the best potential for you and even bring negative impact to others.
(3) Managing emotions themselves. This form of restraint is most important. There are several steps in managing emotions:

    * (A) appreciate the emotions and recognize the support given to you,
    * (B) trying to find the messages conveyed emotion, and believe that we've managed to handle this emotion before,
    * (C) is pleased to take action to deal with them.

(4) Motivating oneself. Self-motivation skills enables the realization of high performance in all areas, so people who have these skills tend to be far more productive and effective in making the work.
(5) Recognize the emotions of others. It means we have empathy for what people felt. These skills make us more effective in communicating (empathic communication) and is the basis in dealing with human beings effectively.
(6) Managing emotions of others. These skills are cornerstones in building relationships with other people because relationships are generally built on the emotions that arise from the interaction between people. With these skills we are able to build strong interpersonal relationships and sustainable.
(7) Motivating others. This skill is a continuation of the skills to recognize and manage the emotions of others. This is another form of leadership ability, the ability to inspire, influence and motivate others to achieve common goals. This is closely related to the ability to build strong teamwork and reliably.