Saima Ikram
Emotional intelligence is no doubt crucial in the formation, development, maintenance, and enhancement of personal or professional relationships. Among leadership groups, corporate training, and human resource workshops, it is a highly discussed topic. It is because emotional intelligence brings a huge impact on your work performance. It has been proved that workers who have high emotional intelligence, they perform better and are more likely to succeed in all areas of life.
Emotional intelligence can be improved and following are the ways to get started:
Cut down your screen time:
Studies have found that spending too much time on digital devices brings lots of negative effects on your performance. Emotional intelligence relies on reading the emotions of the people you are dealing with and too much interaction with your smartphone can interfere with this ability. Therefore, set healthy limits on your technology use and put your phone away when talking to people.
Give a name to your emotions:
It is very common among people to discuss their physical problems because they have a name for it. But not many people like to openly share their mental state when they are feeling anxious or sad. It is important to check yourself every day to know what you are going through for which you must label your emotions. Know how you are feeling and try to work on how to improve that state.
Identify your feelings:
For being more emotionally intelligent, you need to identify whether your feelings are your friend or your enemy. It is because every emotion that develops within you has the power to be helpful or unhelpful at times. When you recognize that sadness is your enemy, it will motivate you to regulate your emotions. Take help and manage your emotions in a healthy manner.
Be responsible for your emotions:
When you blame others for making you feel bad, you give them the control to regulate your emotions. Do not allow others to drag you down emotionally and choose yourself how to respond to situations.
Notice other people’s feelings:
For emotional intelligence it is important that you understand how the other person is feeling. Pay close attentions to their emotional state and see if you can recognize how that feeling is likely to influence the other person’s perception and behavior.
Pay attention to things you did well:
You must notice how you are progressing in your performance. Keep a track of the things you did well and see which areas need improvement. You may have made few mistakes that lead you to failure but if you learn from them, then you can find more opportunities to succeed in life.
