Don’t Be Emotional, Just Be Emotionally Intelligent

Emotional intelligence is something in each of us that is a bit immaterial. It affects how we manage behavior, direct social complexities, and make personal decisions to achieve positive results. It is a kind of flexibility to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to alleviate stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. Emotional intelligence helps you build stronger relationships, succeed in school and work, and achieve your career and personal goals. it should also facilitate you to connect along with your feelings, turn intention into action, and make informed decisions about what matters most to you.

These signs will show you that you are an emotionally intelligent person

1. Vocabulary

Your tongue can be sharper than a sword. So, always think before you speak. An emotionally intelligent person has always a good choice of vocabulary. They never speak more than they need. Extra and excessive talking always leads to unnecessary and abusive talk. Emotional intelligence must have the talent to speak the simple language with cheerful words. Your communication must have to be fluent in their language. Vocabulary plays a very important role in one’s personality.

2. Curiosity

It doesn’t matter if they’re introverted or extroverted, emotionally intelligent people are curious about everyone around them. Curiosity often helps you learn more and more. Don’t be silent, if you have a question don’t hesitate to ask. Be curious, you are curious means, you are understanding the factor. You want to know more. Ask a question and gain your knowledge.

3. Adaptation Flexibility

Emotionally intelligent people are flexible. They know how to adapt and evolute according to the time. Emotional people understand the trend and go with the time. They never hesitate to give up the old habits, the traditional past and are always ready to grab the new. Adaptation is very important to be successful.

4. Know your Strengths and Weaknesses

Emotionally intelligent people don’t just understand emotions; they know what they’re good at and what they’re awful at. Understanding and knowing one’s own strengths and weaknesses help to be successful more and more. When we will be aware of your weakness, we can practice more and more to overcome the lack. And knowing your strength help you to choose your goal and to be focused in that field.

5. Good Judge of a Character

An emotionally intelligent person is very much aware of society and can easily identify one person’s character. It is also very important for success. If you will choose the right person, it could be like wealth to you. Choosing the wrong person can harm you. If you are a good judge of character that means you are one step ahead to be an emotionally intelligent person.

6. Open-Minded

Being emotional is not good for your success, emotion can be a barrier for you but emotional intelligence is different from emotion. Emotional intelligent persons are kind of open-minded. Being Open-minded is very important to be successful. You have to be a thick-skinned person. When people will bad mouth you just know how to ignore them with a smiling face. Don’t be bothered by everyone, then you will be able to become an open-minded person.

7. Know to Say NO

Saying NO plays an important role in everyone’s life. Saying NO is not a crime but still, we all hesitate and feel awkward to refuse. When people insist to do something, you end up doing it, even though you don't want to do it. But an emotionally intelligent person knows where to stop, when to refuse, and say NO. it’s your life, your decision. Do what you want to do, what you feel, is good for you.

8. Let The Past Go

Don’t let your past ruin your present and future. Live your life as it’s the last day of your life. Enjoy your day, enjoy your present. Don’t hold old grudges. The negative emotions that come with holding onto a grudge are a stress response. Holding onto a grudge means you’re holding onto stress, and emotionally intelligent people know to avoid this at all costs. Letting go of a grudge not only makes you feel better now but can also improve your health. Let the past go and live a cheerful today and build a delightful tomorrow.

9. No Expectation in Return

When you expect something from someone, that often leads to sadness. When you will expect and your expectation won’t reach your imagination your feelings will be hurt. Also. Don’t want some return when you favor someone. You are helping because you are a nice person, then why do we always expect some return. An emotionally intelligent person has this characteristic. They don’t demand anything from others.

10. Don’t Underestimate Yourself; Appreciate what you Have

Another very bad habit of many of us is underestimating ourselves. Nothing is worst than this habit. Just know that you are the best person in the world and can do anything. Don’t let negativity grab your way. Be happy with what you have, and what you want to have, let’s try your best to achieve that. Don’t feel inferior to others.