HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR EQ (EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE) IS? by Susan Dunn
If you’ve been reading about Emotional
Intelligence, the Catch-22 has probably occurred
to you: Since EQ begins with self-awareness, the
people who have the worst EQ are also going to be
the worst at assessing their own.
Top EQ performers, said Daniel Goleman (author of
“Emotional Intelligence”), overestimate their
competencies vs. how others rate them in only 1 of
20 categories.
Worse performers overestimate in 4 or more out of
the 20. You can see the self-awareness working
here! Or not.
So how can you tell how good your Emotional
Intelligence is?
You can
ˇ Judge from your levels of stress and tension.
If they’re high, your EQ is low.
ˇ Judge your general level of satisfaction.
Raising your EQ does more for your success,
health, and happiness than just about anything
else you can do for yourself – and it can be
learned.
ˇ Ask a certified EQ coach.
ˇ Take an assessment.
Asking others, or even listening to others, isn’t
always helpful. Suppose you’ve asked someone
with low EQ to comment on yours? You’re asking
someone who doesn’t have something to tell you
what yours is like!
Major assessments include the EQ-Map™, the MEIS™,
and the Bar-on EQ-i™. Each assessment has its
good points, and all assess your level of
emotional intelligence. There is a fee for each,
and the results should be interpreted by a
certified EQ coach.
There are also free emotional intelligence
assessments on the Internet –
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The best course of action is to take an
assessment, then start The EQ Foundation CourseŠ,
and work with a certified EQ coach. The EQ
Learning Lab™ then allows you the opportunity to
practice your new competencies in a safe,
interactive atmosphere – live, by teleconference
once a week. It’s the crucial link in the process
that most emotional intelligence programs haven’t
included.
Distance learning courses and eBooks are also
available on the separate competencies.
Pretty soon you’ll be using your “gut feelings” to
just “know” what your EQ is and you’ll enjoy the
benefits in every area of your life.
Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach,
http://www.susandunn.cc . Offering The EQ
Foundation Course, The EQ Learning Lab™, eBooks
and distance learning course on emotional
intelligence –
http;//www.webstrategies.cc/ebooklibrary.html .
Want to be a certified EQ coach? Go here –
www.eqcoach.net . Gentlemen, sign up for the
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