Jessica Greiner

Self-awareness: Simply put, self-awareness is the ability to recognize your own intuition, resources, preferences, internal states, and overall emotions.

Self-awareness will also make it easier to empathize with others.

Self-regulation also makes it easier to put yourself in someone else’s shoes which increases the odds of a positive emotional response as opposed to a careless reaction.

if someone is depressed because they didn’t get a promotion, the empathy will try to cheer that person up and redirect them from the depressed state even if they don’t much care one way or the other. Empathy is the difference between listening to what someone is saying and understanding what they are feeling.

IQ is what you can do whereas EQ is how and/or why you do it

You are born with your IQ whereas EQ is developed through your experiences

EQ has become an increasingly valuable metric that companies look for in prospective employees.

Emotional intelligence also makes it easier to understand nonverbal cues

three distinct skills.

ability to harness your emotions,