B2 – Upper Intermediate
The World Economic Forum experts talked about the employment skills that we will need in the near future and one of them is emotional intelligence.
Read the article and find out how a person can develop and level up their emotional intelligence.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/emotional-intelligence-career-life-personal-development/
Vocabulary Questions:
- What is the meaning of the word ” predicament“? ” There is a time in the life of every predicament where it is ripe for resolution” Use this word in a sentence.
- What is the meaning of “adeptly” in this sentence, “By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones.”? Use this in your own sentence.
- What does the phrase “on the flip side ” mean? “On the flip side, just 20% of bottom performers are high in emotional intelligence.” Give one synonym and use “on the flip side” in your own sentence.
Discussion Questions:
- According to the article, why is it important to control your emotions?
- Why might it be important to be able to recognize other people’s emotions?
- What is a sign of high emotional intelligence?
- What are ways to manage one’s emotions?
- Can a person take control of their reaction to other people’s words and actions? Explain your thoughts.
- Share your thoughts on this: “People with a high degree of emotional intelligence make more money.“
4 replies on “Benefits of Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence”
According to the article, why is it important to control your emotions?
From my point of view is very important to be focused on positive aspects about the thoughts or intentions from the other people. I try to think that all the people are good, at least until don’t prove the opposite.
Being uncapable to control your emotions or reactions is not a benefit for anybody. An excessive angry behavior, sometimes due to stress, shows clearly you aren’t a balanced person.
Why might it be important to be able to recognize other people’s emotions?
Because your recognition of the root cause about an emotional attack against to you from somebody can help you to try to understand this emotional attack. And can help you to face these kinds of negative situations, trying to understand the reasons of people that do them (fear, insecurity….)
What is a sign of high emotional intelligence?
I think it isn’t the fact to obtain a high score in an emotional intelligence test because I think that we easily are capable of cheating to the test.
If you are interested in obtaining a leader profile, for example, you’ll be able to project a leader profile by cheating the test with your answers. It depends of the role or job you want achieve.
What are ways to manage one’s emotions?
Because it is very necessary and important living in the civilization, not in the jungle. Precisely so as not to turn the civilization into a jungle.
Can a person take control of their reaction to other people’s words and actions? Explain your thoughts.
Really, I think that. Sometimes is necessary wear a mask in order to hide your real emotions and reactions if your feelings are rejection about some people.
This is emotional intelligence for me, being capable to hide your emotions or reactions when they are negative and being capable of showing only and always the best version of yourself.
Share your thoughts on this: “People with a high degree of emotional intelligence make more money.“
People with leader functions, that earn more money a month than the rest of people, need have a high degree of emotional intelligence.
When you must handle a lot of emotional intelligences under your leadership, I think you need have the highest one. At least it ought to be very useful.
I think the fact to have a professional degree doesn’t assure you have a very high emotional intelligence, there are a lot of high executive managers that are authentic psycho-killers.
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Hi Katie
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Kind regards.
How will this role help you to achieve what you want?
It will help me to earn a higher salary (you mustn’t tell that to the interwier) and it will help me to develop my professional career within a sector that passionate me.
What makes you laugh?
Often make me laugh all the comic situations that occur suddenly without a preparation process.
When is the last time you were embarrassed? (What happened? How did you handle the situation?
I remember a very unfortunate situation where I use (due to un knowledge) the nickname of a person instead his surname in an e-mail I sent him.
What activities energize and excite you?
All the tasks or situations at work that I consider as a challenge for me.
What are two personal habits that have served you well?
Being an organized and planner person.
How good are you at accepting help from others?
II have no problem with both facts, to help somebody or to be helped by somebody.
How are you at asking for help?
I think is better to ask for help instead having to shame a quality problem in the final product or a claim from the costumer.
What is one of the internal battles to have each day?
I think is very important to find a purpose everyday to encourage ourselves constantly.
What makes you angry?
The lack of justice in some situations.
What aspect of your work are you passionate about?
The freedom I have for acting often under my own criteria when I have to solve a production or quality problem.
How could you create more balance in your life?
Learning to put more efficient firewalls to the stressing situations.
Who inspirates you? Why?
People that is capable to offer to the others the best version of themselves everyday.
On an “average day” would you consider yourself a high or low energy person?
High energy person because I’m the kinds of person that put a lot of passion in all the things I do. All my work is signed by me and I consider is very important how I do it.
On an “average day” is your main focus on results and tasks or people and emotions?
Totally focused on results and tasks.
I consider that being too much focused-on people and emotions could be toxic for you and a bad influence for your work.
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