EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE :
A Journey of self discovery
Every class of self - leadership, I discover myself. Every step
I take towards my inner self, the fog makes way to a better image of mine every
time. This time we learnt about emotional Intelligence, did you know that emotional
intelligence is something we have since our childhood. When we were young and
tender, we absorb certain emotions like kindness, anger, laughter and so on
from the people we see and meet, unknowingly. As we grow our emotions grow with
us. As we become wise, they become wiser too. Emotional intelligence is an art
of identifying, assessing and controlling the emotions of ourselves, others or
a group of people.
Before we analyse others, let’s master our own emotions. Let’s
discover, what makes me the person I am. You can master yourself by:
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Honour your uniqueness
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Find a cause that gives you joy and satisfaction
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Leverage your gifts and uniqueness to work on
that cause
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Share joy and accomplishment with one and all
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Enable others to do the above four in their
lives
Be a giver, and do it with joy and selflessness you will be
surprised by what you get. In my view, the thought or the greed to see what you
receive from what you give should not exist. When you think you will get something
out of an act, you are greedy already. So give thoughtlessly as well.
In the exercise of ego battle, we were divided into group of
4 and asked to discuss a topic. From the exercise, I understood that; when we
deeply listen to a person, interpret and revert our understanding, a sense of
satisfaction arises in our hearts. As a leader, when we practice this method of
deep listening, we will be able to understand the pulse of co-workers and get
the best out of them. Hence, practicing effective and efficient leadership becomes
much easier.
Our values and believes are deep inside our heart. When you
practice emotional intelligence, we can see the values of a person even without
he mentioning them. When we review about the people who have inspired us and impacted
our lives, we observe a few behavior trends. These important people are very
positive in life; they face life very strongly and with stand all failures boldly.
They are role models who are down to earth, immensely selfless, consistent and self-made
people. They give us strength to keep going and they give us values to live a
respectful life.
In this journey of knowing emotional intelligence, I have
discovered what makes the person I am. A very thankful session, Anil sir has truly
opened our minds and made us wiser students. Truly grateful to Anil sir and
SOIL for such a wonderful learning experience looking forward for more such
sessions J
Cheers
Su
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