Emotional Intelligence and its Pillars

Intrapersonal Intelligence

It is the ability to form a realistic and accurate model of oneself, thus having access to our own feelings and using them as guides in our behavior

Interpersonal intelligence

It is the ability to understand others, know what motivates them, understand how they operate, have the ability to recognize and react to the mood, temperament and emotions of others

Emotional intelligence

Self-awareness

It is the ability to recognize one's own feelings, emotions or moods

Mental balance

Ability to control our temper to avoid deleterious effects, such as anger or rage

Motivation

It is the ability to induce our emotions and positive moods, such as confidence, enthusiasm and optimism. This means attributing failure to the situation, not ourselves, and encouraging ourselves to do it again.

Impulse control

It deals with the ability to postpone the fulfillment of a wish for the sake of a goal

Sociability

It has to do with knowledge, control of emotions and moods, in relation to others

Aspects of emotional intelligence

Know your own emotions

It refers to being aware of yourself, acknowledging the feeling while it is happening. The ability to recognize real feelings, symbolize them, and name them correctly

Managing emotions

Try to manage your own feelings and their appropriate expression, such as learning to have a certain emotional distance from the emotions derived from failures such as irritability, anxiety and melancholy

Intrinsic motivation

It is self-mastery and self-motivation, allowing long-term goals, facing tasks with a level of emotional fluidity, harmony and absence of anxiety, promoting greater efficiency in performance

Recognize emotions of others

It is empathy or the ability to connect with the needs and feelings of others, being a fundamental skill in people. If you have these skills you can achieve success in personal and professional life, because you will establish personal contacts of cooperation and understanding with others