Defining Emotional Intelligence & Discovering Its Importance in Student Life
Emotional intelligence is the ability of people to identify emotions, of others as well as their own, distinguish between feelings, use emotional information to navigate their thoughts and actions, conform emotions to get accustomed to circumstances or accomplish an objective. In his book, Daniel discussed the significance of this concept in our lives under five major characteristics with which I will be establishing context of the role of emotional intelligence in our lives in this blog post. The first one i.e. ‘self-awareness’ refers to one’s tendency to introspect and recognize his emotions as per the circumstantial developments around him. It’s crucial in helping a person get back to his usual efficiency of performing tasks. If someone isn’t able to figure out the cause of his detrimental work-rate, it’s more likely to be due to a lack of self-awareness than anything else. His emotional self might not be able to keep up with his daily routine. Knowing one’s emotions ca