What is emotional intelligence?

In simple words, emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage emotions so that you can maintain harmony, both within yourself and in your social life.





There are four skills integral to emotional intelligence:

1. Self-awareness: the ability to understand your emotions.
2. Self-management: the ability to direct your behavior accordingly.
3. Social awareness: the ability to perceive others’ emotions. 
4. Relationship management: the ability to bring harmony in relationships.

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If you haven’t learned how to manage stress, it’s important to do so first. When you can manage stress, you’ll feel more comfortable reconnecting to strong or unpleasant emotions and changing the way you experience and respond to your feelings.

Being emotionally aware is just the first step to emotional management. In order for you to engage your emotional intelligence, you must also be able use your emotions to make constructive decisions about your behavior. When you become overly stressed, you can lose control of your emotions and the ability to act thoughtfully and appropriately.

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