15 Phrases That Will Help Us Be Emotionally Intelligent
For several years now, we have repeatedly heard the importance of developing our emotional intelligence.
However, we are so saturated that we know that there are a lot of skills that we need to attain, but we don’t know how to get there, if we are on the right track or if we have already acquired them.
In reality, it can seem quite complicated to become emotional beings and intelligent beings.
That is why, in this article, we are going to expose you in a simple way, the possibility of achieving this great skill, by putting into practice daily, the following 15 sentences:
1. When I say managing emotions, I mean really stressful and disabling emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes our life rich. – Daniel Goleman.
Our emotions shape our character, our way of being and the way others perceive us.
2. All learning has an emotional basis. – Plato.
There is not a single moment in our daily life when we are free from emotions, even if we do not know how to identify them.
Everything we learn in our life is in part determined by a basic emotional state.
3. There is zero correlation between Intelligence Quotient and emotional empathy. They are controlled by different parts of the brain. – Daniel Goleman.
There is no direct relationship between what we mean by academic intelligence and emotional intelligence.
A person can be very smart and have excelled in school, but not be great in their life.
4. Confidence, like art, is never about having all the answers, but being open to all the questions. – Earl Gray Stevens.
It is only by doing the best questions that we can get the best answers. This is determined on the basis of our awareness, what we think, what we say and what we do in front of others and ourselves.
5. Who does not understand a look will not understand a long explanation either. – Arab proverb.
This phrase is one of the best definitions of empathy out there.
We need to know that empathy is one of the main pillars of emotional intelligence.
6. Emotions are contagious. We all know this from experience. After a good coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude receptionist in front of you in a store, you feel bad. – Daniel Goleman.
We can neutralize our senses, but we cannot escape our feelings and emotions.
Whatever we do, we will feel good or bad, taking into account different levels of the same continuous state.
7. The emotional brain responds to an event faster than the thinking brain. – Daniel Goleman.
As Blaise Pascal said, “The heart has its reasons that reason ignores”.
8. Let us not forget that small emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without knowing it. – Vincent Van Gogh.
Feeling and understanding the why, how, where, when and what we can do is the only way to lead our lives without having the prejudice that emotions will do for us.
9. Take care of your own emotions and never underestimate them. – Robert Henri.
Emotions are powerful weapons that we can use in our favor or against us.
10. Be aware that at this moment you are creating. You are creating your next moment, based on how you feel and think. This is what is real. – Doc Childre.
Indeed, our current reality is based on every passing second that walks in front of us, shaping our future.
11. Use pain as a stone in your path, not as an area for camping. – Alan Cohen.
Empty your interior of the present absences, pick up the stone and take it to the next station so that you are able to move forward while observing it.
To put it in a way, even a kick is able to push us forward.
12. It is important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence nor the triumph of the heart over the head. It is the intersection of the two. – David Caruso.
In reality, the heart tells us what needs to be done, but reason tells us what to avoid and helps us understand ourselves.
Our greatest aspiration is for our hearts and our reason to sympathize.
13. The essential difference between emotions and reason is that emotion leads to action while reason leads to conclusions. – Donald Calne.
Feeling helps us get started as we work out the best way to do it.
Therefore, by knowing ourselves deeply in both aspects, we will be more effective in making decisions and directing our lives.
14. As human beings we all want to be happy and free from unhappiness, we have all learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disruptive emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion are the sources of peace and joy. – Dalai Lama.
There are healthy emotions and unhealthy emotions, emotions that allow us to form ourselves and emotions that make us unfit.
We should welcome joy, sadness, surprise, or nervousness when we should avoid anger, revenge, hatred, or depression.
15. True compassion does not only mean feeling the pain of another person, but also being motivated to eliminate it. – Daniel Goleman.
Our hearts ignore the possibility of allowing others to feel bad. We try as much as possible to avoid all the suffering of which we are aware.
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