PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach - 4.4
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How to Develop a Rational Response to Life Stressers
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Save the Drama for Your Mama!
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Emotional Intelligence
The Intellectual Brain
Neocortex – responsible for thought processing
Prefrontal cortex – responsible for emotionel decision making
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Emotional Intelligence
What is “Emotional Intelligence?”
How does EI compare with IQ?
When do I use EI?
How can I improve my EI?
What can I gain by improving my EI?
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Emotional Intelligence
What is Emotional Intelligence?
Working definition: The ability to feel the ‘right’ emotion at the ‘right’ time with the ‘right’ intensity for the ‘right’ purpose and express it in the ‘right’ way.
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Emotional Intelligence
What is Emotional Intelligence?
EI takes into consideration the context of an event, weighs the range of possible emotional responses, and selects the emotional response which best describes your own emotional state while taking into consideration how another might be impacted by your self-expression. It is, in essence, choosing a mature, responsible, and wise emotion or set of emotions to express your inner experience.
Emotional Intelligence
The Emotional Brain
Amygdala – stores emotional memories for future processing.
Hippocampus – involved in the emotional memory processing of the brain
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Emotional Intelligence
Intelligence Quotient vs. Emotional Quotient
When one has high IQ and high EQ success may be assured
When one has high EQ but low IQ success probability increases
When one has high IQ but low EQ success is not necessarily assured
When one has low IQ and low EQ - watch out!
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Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence quiz
Self-assessment:
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Emotional Intelligence
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IQ
EQ
Emotional Intelligence
Tend to Your Soul
Be Mindfull
Be Thankful
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Emotional Intelligence
Ways to improve EQ:
Be Self-Aware
Seek Evidence to Support Your Thoughts and Feelings
Control Impulses (to react hastily)
Delay Gratification
Take on a Hopeful Perspective
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Emotional Intelligence
Ways to improve EQ:
Remain Optimistic
Broaden Your Perspective (everything is temporary)
Be Empathic (put yourself in another’s position)
Set Appropriate Boundaries
Choose How You Will Respond Emotionally
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