Hi and welcome back to how do you show up practicing emotional intelligence? The topic for today's discussion is, why is emotional intelligence important? What are some of the benefits? Studies have shown that for jobs of all levels and kinds of emotional intelligence is twice as important as IQ and being successful in the job history is full of brilliant successful men and women who failed miserably or underachieve in the classroom, and whose teachers and guidance counselor's view them as a disappointment. Evidence has now proven that success in school does not automatically equate to a successful career or success in life. These success stories must be based on some other skill set that these folks have.

It is the ability to tune into the world to be aware of situations and connect with others while taking charge of your own life. If you stop and think about your friends, and Family co workers are others that you interact with during the day home Do you consider to be the most successful? What's your thumb seems to have the fullest n happy his lives? Are they necessarily the smartest, most likely they have other characteristics or skill sets that support their ability to achieve their goals? Research proves that it is at least as important to be emotionally and socially intelligent, as it is to be cognitively or analytically intelligent. IQ is a measure of your intellect your analytical, logical and rational abilities.

It gauges how easily you learn new tasks, memorize and recall information, apply reasoning and solve problems. We all know people who can pass an IQ test with ease, but they're lacking in their personal or work life or relationships. They don't get along with others well, and most times can't figure out why The reason is they're lacking in emotional intelligence, which is defined for this course as a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way we perceive and express ourselves how we develop and maintain social relationships, how we cope with challenges and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way. With emotional intelligence, we can assess our strengths, as well as be open to viewing and challenging our limitations and assumptions and unconscious biases and self limiting beliefs. With emotional intelligence. We are aware of political and social environments, we can show empathy for ourselves, and for others, we can manage our stress and we're overall pleasant to be around.

So to sum all of this up EQ for the measurement of your emotional intelligence does not replace IQ. The two are complimentary IQ is unnecessary. berrie Foundation you need IQ to understand what EQ is and what it can do for you and to put in the time and the practice to actually enhance your EQ skills. In fact, the higher your IQ, the more important your EQ. EQ, which is the measurement of your emotional intelligence actually enhances how you show up as an example, you may be a mastermind, but if you cannot communicate well or are unaware of how you relate to other people, you're in trouble. If you are boastful, rude or impulsive, no one will stick around long enough to hear your wonderful ideas.

IQ enables you to build a rocket but your EQ is needed for you to store plan to show up as your best self. For example, imagine getting called into your supervisors office. What goes through your mind? What am I being called in for what am I done wrong? What did I do right? Oh dear.

People tend to feel that something bad is going to happen, such as being reprimanded or fired. We often make decisions with little or no information. reframing our beliefs, however, can improve our ability to understand our environment because we allow ourselves to challenge and reorganize our irrational beliefs for your class project journal about your thoughts of what your best self might look like, including your journal, any thoughts on areas where you would like to improve your emotional intelligence where you would like to show up differently at work, or at home and I'll see you in the next one.