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THE CASE FOR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EQ)

Following on from the last post, we are going to look at what EQ entails and breaking it down into the following four components: Self-Awareness; Self-Management; Social Awareness and Social Management.

SELF-AWARENESS
We have grown into a world that encourages us to either ignore or shelve our emotions. Children from birth come as a clean template, meant to be ready for use in this world. However, as we grow older there are many limitations that we are taught. The don'ts, can'ts, and the many NOs that soon become our vocabulary. We are not taught to use anger and anxiety to our advantage or positively as these have been acknowledged and labelled as bad. We live and spend life in a distance. We are always pre-occupied with how fast and busy life is, and completely forget about our existence. Do we ever take time to pause, and live for now? Bringing the question of how really Self-Aware are you? Do you know who you are, seriously? Are you in position to explain in truth and fairness what you really feel? What are your emotions and what story are they telling you? Some people are numb to their emotions, some hear about fear and never experience it, some hear about empathy and know nothing about it. Are you aware of the world around you, that is the outside world. What is it that you see, taste, touch hear and smell? What about your inner world, that is the emotions that are in your consciousness.

If your level of self-awareness is very low, you need to bridge the gap between reality and fantasy. Many people live in fantasy, exploring it and even acting it. Your self-awareness is when you are living in reality, understanding your emotions, removing the layers that developed over time and reaching the core of who you are. You will not reach your self-awareness overnight, it is s process that you have to embark on.

As Bradberry explains it" Simply put, to be self aware is to know yourself as you really are"

LIFE PURPOSE-ADDING VALUE

What kind of value or how much value are you adding to you? Often we do not know our value, and in that we see no purpose of how much and what type of value we should add to ourselves. The markets will pay you for what you are worth. Either selling a product or service; and or being an employee. It is the value you add that will determine your earnings. What value do you bring to the market? Have you ever wondered why two people of same education and background start off from same place financially (or same position at work,), but in a few years the other earns three or more times than the other? The difference is that the high earner brings more value to the market (employer). How much Personal Development are you investing in yourself. Many people after completing their certificates, diplomas and degrees (as an example), think that their education path has come to an end. There is more on the skills development side, which covers many areas of our lives, that we need to learn. I believe that the only time we stop learning is when we are dead. Enrol for a Personal Development Program or continue studying to refine and grow yourself, as well as learning new areas that you have not had the opportunity to learn from formal education.