Do you believe that ‘𝐖𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐐’?

One of the important components of Emotional Intelligence is Managing Emotions.

Growing up we were told if we get angry or if we feel jealous its bad and negative.

But the truth is that 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐝. 

It’s how we 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 the emotions make it positive or negative.

For Example: If you are angry at your colleague. you can react and be aggressive 𝐨𝐫 you can take a pause and go for a walk which will help you to respond better.

So, we can either choose to REACT or RESPOND which makes the outcome positive or negative.

That is the reason most of the time even if our IQ is high, we still can be fired if we cannot manage our emotions.

So Managing emotions is the ability to identify and express our emotions appropriately.

Next time when you feel something is bothering you ask yourself,

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐌 𝐈 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆?

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐌 𝐈 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆?

This will help you to acknowledge, accept and slowly regulate/ manage your emotions.

Remember, YOU ARE NOT YOUR EMOTIONS. YOU HAVE EMOTIONS!

Ranjitha Raj