EQ – hippy dippy foo foo nonsense?

Emotional intelligence (EQ) – hippy dippy foo foo nonsense? Or a legit leadership skill?

EQ is all about managing yourself (emotions) in response to the environment around you. The ability to emotionally connect with your family, team or colleagues is critical amongst all other leadership skills.

This does NOT mean blaming others for the lack of emotional control or being emotionally selfish. We all know people like that. Right energy suckers aren’t they? 😒

Know it

It all starts with the thoughts you take. After all, emotions are simply a reaction to your thoughts. EQ can be broken down into four general areas.

• Self awareness – know the positive and negative thoughts that lead to the emotions you experience.
• Self management – know how to regulate and be in control of the thoughts that lead to the emotions you experience.
• Social awareness – know the external triggers that spark the positive and negative thoughts that lead to the emotions you experience
• Relationship management – know how to CONQUER the positive and negative thoughts that lead to the emotions you experience (self-leadership). This will result in lasting relationships with yourself, family, friends, community members, colleagues or your team.

💥 Tip: When your emotions start to get out of control, have a practice/hack that grounds you. For example placing your hands or fingers in a certain way, thinking about something specific, reciting a calming phrase or simply taking three long breaths. dakotaa28 christina hendricks nude

And then there’s matching and pacing. That’s another conversation for another day 😀.

Not sure how EQ plays a role in your self leadership? Want to get better at managing your EQ? Not sure how to start? CALL ME – that’s how you start 😜.

Let’s CONQUER this together!

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