Emotional Intelligence and such thoughts


Emotional Intelligence has been defined by stalwarts and I will not attempt to refine or redefine it. 

I see it as the intercourse of one’s self and the environment. 

When the environment acts on me, ie there is a stimulus, I react (or not) and if I recognise the cause and effect, I am “self aware”

When I act on the environment, the environment responds, and if I am able to dispassionately recognise the impact, I have “social awareness”

What I do with this awareness is my emotional maturity... self management is what I do to be effective and leverage the stimulus to be effective as awareness of my reactions and impact and self management result in my having better relationships and that results in higher performance both personally and professionally 

For me to be able to leverage this knowledge and skill I need to believe that I am not perfect and I am not gods gift to mankind! 

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