Emotional Intelligence: The Future Of Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is the ability to be aware of, control, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. In this essay I’m going to explain the history of, benefits of, and detrimental results of having emotional intelligence. I am also going to explain how to increase emotional intelligence, the future of emotional intelligence, and how it has helped me overcome many problems in my life.

In 1995, emotional intelligence was brought up by Daniel Goleman. He published a book titled Emotional Intelligence, Why Can It Matter More Than An IQ. This has helped bring the idea of emotional intelligence to businesses, schools, and communities around the globe. According to Goleman, the term emotional intelligence

The benefits of having Emotional Intelligence are self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, and social skills. This is important because you can’t have one without the other. Self-awareness is the ability to label, recognize, and understand your own emotions, such as anger or sadness. These are primary emotions and you must allow your body to fully comprehend them in order to form a secondary emotion. You can, then, make a rational decision. If you don’t recognize them you will always be confused about how you feel or you won’t acknowledge certain emotions because they’re painful. Emotional regulation is out about being able to control emotions by not acting on raw feelings, such as, anger or sadness. Once you reach a certain age acting on impulse becomes childish and unprofessional. This is another form of maturity as you age you realize that if you act impulsively, you can get into more trouble than if you were to think about the situation

Although there aren’t many disadvantages to EQ, there are a few. They are misusage, such as a manipulative intent, and time, it takes to develop this skill. When someone uses this skill to manipulate someone they often use what they know about the person to their advantage. This is used by someone to use someone else’s emotions for their own personal gain. Often times, the emotions are guilt and sadness because you become more vulnerable during this period of time. Another problem is that in order to have this skill, you have to be patient since it takes time. This is a very personal skill that most people don’t want to invest their time in, considering the fact that it is a skill that people don’t want to