Understand Your Emotions

I was shocked to learn this about emotional intelligence:

You can have a high EQ without knowing
which emotions you’re feeling & why.

Completely counterintuitive, right?
I’ll explain.

EQ is comprised of 4 major parts:

1️⃣ Self- awareness – Accurately recognizing & understanding your own emotions, thoughts, perceptions, strengths, limitations, & identity.

2️⃣ Self-management – Using your self-awareness to positively manage your actions and behaviors.

3️⃣ Social awareness – Accurately recognizing & understanding the emotions, thoughts, perceptions, strengths, limitations, & identities of others.

4️⃣ Relationship management – Using your self-awareness, self-management, & social awareness to build & maintain healthy connections.

So, you can have a high EQ by
scoring high in 3 of the 4 parts.

Or high-enough scores in all of them.
↳ And still be a top performing leader.

I’m proof that you can.

I’m also proof that if you choose to ignore your
emotions as part of your self-awareness, it will
ultimately be your downfall.

You can:
⇢ Push yourself to achieve,
⇢ Be conscientious of your actions & words,
⇢ Show empathy & care for others,
⇢ & maintain relationships,

without focusing on your emotions.

And that’s the ticket to burnout & losing your identity.

I was 34 before I knew how to name my emotions.
Or that there are more than a handful of them.

This is when I started to understand the true value
of acknowledging emotions & finding their root cause.

And when I finally opened myself up, I found the
fulfillment I had been searching for all along.

Use this quick guide to identify your emotions,
get to their root causes & address them for good.

Why put in the work?

You deserve the peace that comes from:

⇢ Choosing yourself first, even when others don’t.
⇢ So deeply knowing yourself that you implicitly trust yourself.
⇢ Recognizing you’re as powerful as your soul always knew you could be.
⇢ Accepting yourself for all that you are; the strengths & flaws.
⇢ Finding that unbreakable love you’ve been searching for.
⇢ And discovering that it’s been you this whole time. 💜