Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
Why would we want to cultivate the attributes of emotional intelligence?
First, I trust we will agree with the science and studies that suggest we are emotional creatures. That is, we often make decisions and respond to stimuli based on our emotions. It is important to note emotions can drive our behavior and impact us (positively and negatively) and learning how to manage those emotions — both our own and others — especially when we are under pressure, and the norm has altered during a pandemic” has an enormous impact in how we become empowered through chaotic situations.
It is also important to note many studies have shown that emotional intelligence gives us the edge. The edge when it comes to improving our ability to cope successfully when things fall apart. True, this is our life, and we are called to deliberately invest more in ourselves and take responsibility for our life, our feelings, our emotions and enlarge our frames of belonging—not to settle for a false shelter that does not serve our ability to manage ourselves and master the art of relating to others through energetic social action.
This is the moment for us to join the emotional intelligence movement. Why? Because we will be great at handling our emotions, even during awkward moments, and chaos as we maintain calm.
We will also accept a full range of emotions both in ourselves and others through:
Self-awareness, motivation, self-regulation (discipline), empathy and adeptness in relationships, while we navigate the dynamic content of our world specially during a pandemic.
I believe being in compliance to the attributes of emotional intelligence is about creating a functional life with the ability to respond to our true feelings, needs, thoughts and wants.
I also believe the demanding tasks of being human are to find the means to move past our hurtful history, create an authentic interaction with our higher ‘Self’, be grounded in the characteristics we value as we make our thoughts, our feelings, our emotions, our goals, and our time a priority.
These can be very difficult specially when we have unresolved emotions and or experiencing chronic stress. However, they are not impossible to achieve if we reject procrastination, mediocrity, be receptive to perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, resolve, volition, commitment, and have the determination to see them through. There, we can join the ranks of a very select group of leaders or individuals with high emotional intelligence quotient.
You may ask why would you want to join such ranks of a very select group?
Because you will have the ability to monitor your own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use the information to guide your thinking and actions to:
Improve your personal relationships.
Be able to handle setbacks with greater ease. Be healthier. Boost your self-esteem.
Become spiritually mature. The most important thing to know, cultivating emotional intelligence will help you navigate your inner and outer lives.
I highly invite you to look at investing and exploring emotional intelligence.
I trust you have gained value from this article and choose to consider doing the work that is required to grow emotionally every day, in all that you do. I must note, in the midst of riding the waves of this pandemic and ‘intense transitional time’, you will want to open the door to take bold actions.
Actions that propel you on the path to doing the work for you to become empowered to do the work that is required for you to take the roles of your human experiences in high definition and find the means to make optimism a way of life.
Written By: Windsor Lindor © 2021
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