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15 Hacks To Improve Your Emotional Intelligence.

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Emotional Intelligence is important as it leads to

- Better decision making.
- Better team work.
- Better tolerance.
- Better anger management.
- Better communication.
- Better empathy.

Improve your Emotional Intelligence using the simple steps given below 👇

1. Keep Track Of Your Feelings.

- Be self aware.

- Be conscious of what makes you angry - hunger/bad news/being ignored etc.,

- Centering yourself is easy, concentrating on your breathing.

- Breathing helps you relax your nerves and gives better control of your emotions

2. Respond Instead Of Reacting During Conflict.

- Stay calm during the times of crisis. Ensure not to act impulsively.

- Main goal during conflict is finding a suitable resolution for both parties.

- Ensure your actions and emotions are geared towards finding a solution.

3. Be Responsible For Your Feelings.

- Emotions are not bad.

- Accept that you are in charge of your feelings. The moment you accept this and stop blaming others, you are a step closer to being EI.

'Emotions will either serve or master depending on who is in charge.

4. Celebrate Positive Moments.

- Relish positive moments to have a better relationship at work and home.

- It helps you to face your problems and have a solution to your problems.

5. Improve Your Listening Skills.

- Pay attention to the other person's words and non verbal aspects of the conversation.

- Start listening to understand instead of answering.

6. Do Not Ignore Negative Comments.

- Reflect on negative moments and the mistakes that led you to that point.

- It helps you to deal with similar situations better in future.

- Channel your own pain, negative emotions, and disappointments in a productive way.

7. Rome Wasn't Built In A Day.

- There would be times when your emotions might be overwhelming.

- It's completely okay, just keep moving on and improve yourself daily.

- Building emotional intelligence is a continuous process.

8. Stay Motivated.

- Set goals and be determined to achieve those goals.

- Acknowledge your progress and believe in yourself.

9. Look At Yourself Objectively.

- Compare what your close circle thinks of your weaknesses and how you perceive your weaknesses.

- This way you know what areas to improve.

10. Empathize With Others.

- Being empathetic is an emotional strength.

- Empathy allows you to treat others with respect even when you do not agree with them.

11. Be Approachable.

- Build relationships, take on responsibilities, practice discipline.

- Develop great inter personal skills.

12. Know What Gives You Stress.

- Understanding what causes stress, helps to take proactive steps to get rid of these instances when ever possible.

- Lack of sleep causing more stress, ensure to get enough sleep.

13. Keep A Dairy.

- A dairy is the best way to keep track of things that occurred during the day.

- It helps you to highlight your emotional state and to pin point areas that gives you problems.

14. Create A Positive Environment.

- It gives the opportunity to thrive and grow, to you and to the people around you.

15. Trust Your Intuition.

- Whenever you are unsure of the path to take, follow your Intuition.

How about you stop dwelling on past and regretting your failures?

How about you take full control over your emotions, thoughts and actions?

What if you could design your ideal future yourself?

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Thanks for reading.

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