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Emotional Intelligence

Many people are unable to express and cope with their emotions. Because people lack certain social skills and tend to have low self esteems, this makes them vulnerable to rejection and criticism. People of this nature have low emotional intelligence or EQ.
According to Karen Duffy Grover, author of Psychology of Living: Adjustment, Growth, and Behavior Today, emotional intelligence is the ability to regulate one's own emotions and to be empathic for others' emotions ( 2005, 221). Individuals who have emotional intelligence usually tend to work well in social environments because one can handle one's self in social situations. Those who lack this ability are most likely prone to having low self esteem and get discouraged when placed in a social environment. There are two aspects of emotional IQ, interpersonal and intrapersonal. Interpersonal is the ability to recognize specific emotions with an empathetic base and managing relationships. For......

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