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Developing Emotional Intelligence, stress, healthy, happiness, serenity,…
Developing Emotional Intelligence
Four Components of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Self-Management
Managing strong feelings
Social Awareness
Empathizing accurately with other people's emotions
Emotional Self-Awareness
Knowing your feelings in the moment
Relationship Management
Handling emotions in relationships with skill and harmony
Knowing Your Own Emotions
Be mindful of emotions as they are happening
Understand what is causing your emotion
Build a vocabulary of feelings
Recognize the difference between a feeling and resulting actions
Stress
Any interference that disturbs a person's mental or physical well-being
"Wear and tear" that our minds and bodies experience as we attempt to cope with the challenges of life
Ongoing stress is bad news for our health
damages almost every bodily system
inhibits digestion, reproduction, growth, tissue repair and the responses of our immune system
negative impacts on memory
hinders our mental skills such as creativity, concentration, and attention to detail
Symptoms of Stress
Feeling Overwhelmed
Feeling Angry
Feeling Anxious
Feeling Sad
Stress Reduction
Unhealthy
Victims seek to escape the discomfort as fast as possible
Make unwise choices
Drinking alcohol to excess, going numb for hours in front of a television or computer, working obsessively, fighting, taking anestherizing drugs, going on shopping hinges, eating too much or too little etc.
When confronted with the damage of their self-sabotaging behavior, they typically blame, complain and make excuses
Seek instant gratification
Healthy
Realize that managing emotions intelligently means making wise choices that release the grip of stress
Effective at identifying their distressing feelings early
take positive actions to avoid being hijacked by emotional upset
Increasing Happiness
Limit on Happiness
Born with a happiness set points that's controlled by our genes
Hedonic Adaptation
When the new good thing becomes the old good thing, the thrill is gone
"Too much of a good thing"
Savoring Pleasures
Pleasure increases happiness
Savoring deepens and prolongs pleasure
Savoring means we let a pleasant experience linger in our awareness
Results from positive experiences from the present and when revisiting positive events from the past
Gratitude
A felt sense of wonder, thankfulness and appreciation for life
People who count their blessings on a regular basis experience a number of benefits
Are happier, have greater vitality, optimism and satisfaction with life
Developing Self-Acceptance
Core Belief
Form the inner compass that guides our choices
"I Am
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Self-Esteem
High self-esteem choose options that move them toward success
Low self-esteem choose options that protect their fragile self-image
Fuel that can propel us into the cycle of success
Know and Accept Yourself
No one is perfect
Creators accept themselves with both their strengths and weaknesses
Successful people accept the things they cannot change, have the courage to change the things they can change and possess the wisdoms to know the difference
