How to develop emotional intelligence undefined

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As you may have understood, the most important skill for developing emotional intelligence is listening.

The ability to listen is like a muscle, it must be trained constantly and it is not easy to do so. The first thing you can do is start from yourself, listening to your emotions and your thoughts.

A good exercise is to start keeping a diary where every day you write down the emotions you are experiencing, the moods you have found yourself in and the instinctive reactions you have had.

Start recognizing these emotions and giving them a name: anxiety, happiness, euphoria, fear, terror, etc.

Once you have learned to recognize the right emotions in yourself, you can do the same thing with others. When you are at the bar with friends for example, start observing their attitude, their emotions, and try to understand italy email list what emotional state they are in. If you see that a person is sad or euphoric, try to start a conversation that leads you to understand why they have come to have that state of mind, so as to develop a very deep empathic relationship.

You can do the same exercise at work, listening to and understanding the emotional state of your colleagues and clients (this is where emotional leadership comes from ), or in your family.

Classification of emotions
As you can see, the ability to understand the emotions that surround you can be useful in any situation you may find yourself in.

Remember that reading emotions can depend on many things, not only words but also tone of voice, gestures, body movements, etc.

When you go to analyze emotions, both in yourself and in others, remember that you will find 2 types: primary and complex.

The primary emotions are: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, anger and disgust (does the animated film Inside Out ring a bell?). These, when combined, can lead to the creation of new complex emotions, for example: anger + disgust = contempt.