Why understanding your emotions is important.... or a few words about emotional intelligence

Regardless of the situation, it is always useful to understand your emotions. Whether we can name them, determine where they come from, and even whether we can control our emotional impulses make up the emotional intelligence quotient. It is this intelligence that pushes us to grow - both professionally and personally - and also allows us to form quality relationships.

Not everyone has their emotional intelligence at a high level. Often we are taught quite the opposite - to suppress emotions, to forget about them, not to listen to them. This is a mistake. It is worth approaching your person holistically and, just as we take care of our immune system, it is also worth taking care of our "emotional center."

Developing emotional competence is also essential if you want to manage people. Greater self-awareness, knowledge of group processes or the ability to establish quality relationships - all of these will translate into the quality of the company atmosphere and positive results.

So what is important in developing emotional intelligence?

• Noticing
  Every being on earth is torn by a whole range of emotions. So it is worth noticing them, both in yourself and in others. Try to name these emotions, guess where they came from - awareness of one's own emotions is the basis for working on emotional intelligence
• Empathy
  Social competence also makes up emotional intelligence. Whether we are able to make friends and later maintain good relationships shows a lot about it. Social awareness, or noticing others and their emotions, is also important in managing emotions. Empathy can help you understand the other party and, by the way, make life easier - as this issue is invaluable in all kinds of conflicts or misunderstandings.
• You
  We spend all our lives with each other, so it is worth it if we like each other - with such an attitude, life is both healthier and more pleasant. Think about the level of self-esteem. Is it constant? Or does it depend on external factors? Are you able to name these factors?
  Working on yourself can be inconvenient for some - that's a fact. However, getting out of your comfort zone always pays off!
• Practice
  ...makes perfect, including in terms of emotional skills. So it's worth exploring the subject - reading, practicing, training - to put newly learned techniques into practice and make our lives more effective. Interestingly, research conducted by Jane Wheeler shows that participants in emotional intelligence training, did not lose the skills they had acquired even after a long time.
  It is therefore a very worthwhile investment.