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What are the 4 pillars of emotional intelligence? How do they come together to make up the EQ construct?
There are 4 pillars of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Each pillar is essentially a set of skills that pertain to the corresponding domain of emotional intelligence.
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What Are the Four Pillars of Emotional Intelligence?
The emotional intelligence (EQ) construct consists of 4 pillars that determine how we handle different aspects of our emotional world: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
Self-Awareness
Self-awareness is your ability to identify your emotions as they occur and recognize your tendencies during different scenarios.
People with high levels of self-awareness:
- Recognize the people or situations that upset them
- Notice patterns of behavior in specific situations
- For example, they may recognize that they get angry when someone wastes their time or nervous when a particular person enters the room.
- Embrace emotional outbursts as learning opportunities
- Take time to decipher the reasons behind their emotional responses
- Know what they do well, and what they don’t
- Understand the things that motivate them
Self-Management
After you’ve strengthened your self-awareness skills, you can begin to develop self-management. Self-management is the ability to use your self-awareness to manage your emotions and stay in control of your behavior.
People with high-levels of self-management:
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