This skill helps us build stronger and healthier relationships, have more empathy and also resolve conflicts.
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage your emotions, as well as recognize those of others. Empathetic people possess emotional intelligence, but, according to the book “Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman, it encompasses many other skills, such as impulse control, self-awareness, motivation, and mental agility, among others. These skills are essential for adequate social adaptation, as well as for building and strengthening relationships, resolving conflicts and even improving our professional lives.
The bad news is that there are fewer people with emotional intelligence than it seems at first glance. Research shows that it is a resource as valuable as it is rare. One way to determine whether or not we are emotionally intelligent is to observe the language we use. According to psychology, there are expressions that, if used daily and naturally, indicate that you have more developed emotional intelligence than most people.
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1. “I feel… (insert any emotion here)”
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