Cool Site: Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Competence

I found this page through one of the social bookmarking sites. It gives a fairly comprehensive introduction to the major ideas involved in emotional intelligence, an idea originated by Daniel Goleman and the Hay Group.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE:

A form of intelligence relating to the emotional side of life, such as the ability to recognize and manage one's own and others' emotions, to motivate oneself and restrain impulses, and to handle interpersonal relationships effectively.

• Originated by Daniel Goldman, psychologist, denoting the cluster of traits/abilities relating to the emotional side of life
• major components of emotional intelligence: knowing our own emotions, managing our own emotions, motivating ourselves,recognizing the emotions of others,and handling relationships

The Ten Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People:

1. Label their feelings, rather than labeling people or situations.
2. Distinguish between thoughts and feelings.
3. Take responsibility for their feelings.
4. Use their feelings to help them make decisions.
5. Show respect for other people's feelings.
6. Feel energized, not angry.
7. Validate other people's feelings.
8. Practice getting a positive value from their negative emotions.
9. Don't advise, command, control, criticize, judge or lecture to others.
10. Avoid people who invalidate them, or don't respect their feelings.

There is a lot more good information at the site, so if you are interested in emotional intelligence (and as good integrally-minded folks, we should be), go check out the site. At the bottom of the page is a link to Dan Goleman's emotional intelligence test.

My results:

The questionnaire you just completed is by no means an exhaustive measure of your Emotional Intelligence, both because of its length and the fact that it is self-scoring. For a more complete and accurate picture of your Emotional Intelligence we have developed a validated multi-rater assessment tool called the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI).

YOUR SCORE IS: 85
(100 is the highest score and 50 is average)

What your score means (hypothetically)
100 -- Maximum Score
75
50 -- Average Score
25
0 -- Minimum Score

It's a short test and probably not too accurate. I know that I sometimes struggle in this area, so it is something I have been working on for several years. I still have a lot to learn.

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