Self-Esteem: The Importance Of Self And Emotional Intelligence

Self esteem is the regard in which an individual holds himself or herself worthy. Leadership is the ability to guide others in the directions of their goals and motivation is the energy of the requirement or aspiration to act. These three components are essential to having a successful life. Self esteem affects one’s life in almost every aspect. It is our own perception of ourselves and how we value our worth. It is important to maintain a healthy self esteem because low self esteem can impair one from reaching their full potential in their personal and professional life. Behavior resulted from low self esteem can effect one’s job performance and the ability to maintain that job. Pessimism is a major characteristic of one with low self

Emotional Intelligence or EI is the capacity to see and control your emotions and to comprehend the emotional states of others. (Lamberton & Minor, 2014) Emotional Intelligence is a basic skill that people should learn. It helps you excel professionally and socially. Being emotionally intelligent is not the same as being intelligent. “The brightest among us can founder on the shoals of unbridled passions and unruly impulses; people with high IQs can be stunningly poor pilots of their private lives.” (Goleman, 2006) People can let their emotions run too rampant and behave irrationally, where as a person who has learned to control their emotions can think things through. At my job, I need to learn to take constructive criticism, and learn from my mistakes. If I didn’t’t have emotional intelligence, I would probably get upset and not learn from my errors. At another job I had trouble controlling my emotions and got upset really easily, so my work wasn’t’t as productive as it should have been. If you don’t have decent emotional intelligence, you will have a hard time in the workplace, no one really wants to hire someone who lets their emotions control them