Thread by @faizansiddiqi

EI/EQ for the Win.

Emotional intelligence in business, or the ability to understand your emotions and others, is crucial regardless of what industry you operate in.

Emotional intelligence represents the intersection of emotions and general mental ability.

We generally suck at it in our business ecosystem. Hence the emotional well being and work cultures are rigid, boring, toxic, political and lack empathy. Impacting our national output, lowering productivity and self satisfaction.

How many people do you know that love their job?

Per a study, EI/EQ is linked to higher salaries if you got what it takes. researchgate.net/publication/31…
EI includes the ability to use emotions to increase motivation & focus, it also includes the ability to detach from very powerful short-term emotions when needed to better focus

It comes with time and comes to the few and the prepared, the rest of us are reactive beings. Reaction mess shit up. Best to maintain composure and manage reactive output.

The "Send Button Syndrome" is reflective of how we react as a society. Seat of the pants. We do it in biz 2

We dont worry about getting to meetings 5 mins early, always negotiating traffic & calling to advise of being late.

Some ppl deserve instant responsesime to mediate with our self to not respond when angry.

Some ppl deserve instnat responses

There are always exceptions for morons. If there is a certified moron, best to cut the journey short.Over time best to just ignore the noise.

Bust most times, it is best to step back, evaluate, coordinate then negotiate with the context of the email.

Thats takes high EI/EQ.

The Send Button Syndrome should be managed with high EQ beyond just emails. The less we get triggered the better off we are.

Some of the smartest most commercially savvy people I know hardly react. They keep a tally, but settle on their own terms.

The game of life/business is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. They key is to score on your own terms at the right time and not give up your moves by reacting in anger, fear or toxicity

No one remembers who came on top in an email piss fest, every one remembers that 2 people or more were at it. People always remember how you make them feel. Best to be aware of that.

greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/ei_qui…

We all think we know how to read people, till we don't.Try the quiz

Now for some fun stats per a study
"We tested the emotional intelligence (EQ) of over 42,000 people, and compared their scores to their annual incomes. We found that people with high EQs make an average of $29,000/y more than people with low EQs.

Whilst this was a Western study, heres the kicker if you can make sense of it " On average, every point increase in emotional intelligence adds $1,300 to an annual salary."
inc.com/marcel-schwant…

Moral of the story.

You control your EQ outcomes, esp now that you know. Best to put it to good use. You will be happier for it.
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