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Emotional intelligence




Annapoorni Balan, Principal, IUEF SECRETARY GENERAL for Pooma Educational Trust
Emotional Intelligence : We define EI as the ability to: Recognize, understand and manage our own emotions. Recognize, understand and influence the emotions of others.
Emotional intelligence can also be defined as the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. It is generally said to include three skills: emotional awareness; the ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problem solving; and the ability to manage emotions, which includes regulating your own emotions and cheering up or calming down other people.
The Four Components of Emotional Intelligence
Self-Awareness.
Self-Management.
Social Awareness.
Relationship Management.





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