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5 Things You Must Know About The Essence of EQ

October 2nd, 2007 by Galba Bright

8 Tune up your EQ readers shared their thoughts about EQ fundamentals in the Essence of EQ Series. They highlighted 5 key issues questions that you must answer as you seek to improve your Emotional Intelligence. If you’ve not seen the series, or you want a refresher,

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1. Who Am I?

Linda Zdanowicz quickly recognised that Sidney Poitier lives in harmony with his core values. By contrast, the old man in What’s Your Emotional Intelligence Story tried to please everyone, only to end up mad.

Robyn McMaster reminds us that we are social beings at heart and that the world is a better place when we reach out to others.

Manchild argues that each of us is accountable to God for the choices that we make in our lives.

2. How Am I Smart ?

Ray Hobby argues that we’re gifted in ways that stretch far beyond intellect. Sidney Poitier left school at thirteen. He drew on his naturalistic intelligence,harnessed his emotional intelligence, displayed his bodily kinesthetic intelligence and became an Oscar-winning actor.

3. How Do I Manage Myself?

Anthony Mersino gets the most out of his sessions with his emotional intelligence coach by preparing before each meeting.

4. How Do I Manage My Emotions?

Jeanette Campbell used her emotions positively when she shed tears of joy about the outstanding achievements of a group of Jamaican construction workers in How To Build A World Cup Cricket Stadium With Emotional Intelligence

Ellen Weber explained that emotions are a powerful resource. Wise people, she said, incorporate emotions into their decision making.

5. How Can I Transform Myself ?

Tanika Williams stresses that your decision to transform yourself is a deep personal choice. Four Little Known Steps To Transform Yourself show us a positive path that will guide as we increase our Emotional Intelligence.

Thank you so much for your insights, Ellen, Jeanette, Ray, Linda, Robyn, Anthony, Manchild and Tanika. You’ve given us a great series of lessons in the fundamentals of Emotional Intelligence.

A Question For You

How do you describe the essence of Emotional Intelligence ?

This article is part of the Emotional Intelligence 101 series about the fundamentals of EQ. Keep on improving your Emotional Intelligence by downloading the Tune Up Your Emotional Intelligence Workbook.

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6 Responses to “5 Things You Must Know About The Essence of EQ”

Liara Covert Says:
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Your article reminds people that they may permit emotions to control them or, they can learn to control and better understand their emotions. Its great to know that so many people have knowledge in this area nd are willing to share and empower others. After all, each of us has the ability to know ourselves better than anyone else. Its a process.
Robyn Says:
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Galba, that’s a great question. Unless you have a sense of self-respect, generosity, civility, and well-being within, you would have nothing to give to others because you would be very bankrupt emotionally.
Galba Bright Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Hello Robyn:

All I can say is “I agree”
Galba Bright Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Hello Liara:

Thank you for your comment. What do you think is the biggest barrier that prevents people from knowing themself?
Ellen Says:
October 7th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Hi Galba,

to me the essence of EQ is knowing yourself. Knowing what it is you truly want, and what it is you can contribute to this world. Which will most probably be exactly the same thing…
When you are aware of what that is, or when you’re on the path of finding that out, the important aspects of EQ, like compassion, empathy, discipline, empowering and taking responsibility for your own life will be that much easier.

To me, the biggest barriers for people to getting to know themselves are two (related) things: our culture in which achievement has the highest priority. In the school system, where all focus is on the IQ, in the ‘real world’ where who you are is determined (for a lot of people) by how much you earn and what job title you have…
The other barrier is ‘how busy we are’, busy to accomplish just those former goals of achievement. That overload of responsibilities makes it hard to take the time to sit back and listen to your heart. Time that is needed to find out who you really are….
Galba Bright Says:
October 7th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Hello Ellen:

Thank you for your poetic and thought-provoking comment. I particularly enjoyed how you went beyond describing the Essence of EQ and went on to highlight some of the barriers to living an emotionally intelligent life.