Mary’s Minute
“If you are tuned out of your own emotions, you
will be poor at reading them in other people.”
~
Daniel Goleman
Emotions are real. Sometimes we would like to pretend they are
not existent because we cannot quantify them like we can intellectual
thoughts. Science is beginning to catch
on to the importance of understanding emotions.
More and more books are being written about emotions and how they affect
our life and work. Now we even talk
about EQ, like we do IQ.
Maybe like so many other things in our life,
the first step in getting better is awareness.
The first step in being sensitive to other
people’s emotions and reacting in a way that is most beneficial, is to
recognize and understand our own emotions.
I admit that sometimes I think being emotional
is a sign of weakness. We all know that
is not true. We have feelings, and we
owe it to ourselves to feel our feelings.
By doing so, we are one step closer to increasing our EQ to be more
sensitive in how we treat others.
As the quote suggests if we can tune into our
own emotions, we can better read others.
Feel your feelings, and use that as a starting point to better understand
and help others.
Have a great week!
Mary
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