Gilbert Eijkelenboom
Oct 23, 20201 min
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ.
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
I want to stay in control.
Let me analyze the situation.
Think more deeply.
And take a rational decision.
I donโt want to be uncomfortable.
Let me push away the emotion.
Distract myself.
I don't want to feel.
But by shutting down my anger and sadness emotions, I also muted my joy.
I numbed myself.
Emotionally, I was as flat as a horizontal line.
5 years ago, I thought Emotional Intelligence meant not feeling any 'negative' emotions.
I couldnโt be more wrong.
Emotional Intelligence is not about pushing away emotions. It's about digging deeper and trying to understand our own emotions.
ย They give information about how we feel and what we want.
Useful information for decision-making, when rational analysis isn't enough.
After reading a lot in the last years, now I understand the power of balancing IQ and EQ.
And I'm not the only one:
"๐ณ๐ฐ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐๐-๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น."
(Source: Capgemini resource institute, 2019)
Keywords: analytics, data, data science, entrepreneurship, personal development