Publisher's Synopsis
When we think of our emotions, we often tend to see them as ways of reacting to the world: we feel happiness, sadness, anger, hope, and other emotions because we act on the world, and the world acts on us in turn, and we show our initial reactions by means of our instincts and feelings. What if there was more than one way of understanding our emotions? What if we could learn to see our emotions as ways of changing the world for the better? What if we could learn to harness our emotions in order to improve our relationships with ourselves and with others? This is the key idea to understanding the topic of emotional intelligence, the overarching term for the various skills and capabilities related to understanding our own emotions and those felt by other people. These skills and capabilities include identifying emotions, managing them, and using them to build better interpersonal relationships. Emotional intelligence has been touted as the key to long-term success: it has been linked to the prospect of a more satisfying experience at work. It is one of the most critical factors in building more long-lasting and more satisfying romantic and/or sexual relationships. And it has been observed to have long-lasting effects on mental and physical health. In this book, you'll learn about emotional intelligence and its most important applications. You'll learn why developing emotional intelligence is important for both the child and for the adult. You'll learn about the benefits of developing emotional intelligence. And you'll learn about various strategies for developing emotional intelligence that you can easily incorporate into your daily life. It's never too late to better understand, work with, and manage your emotions, and you can start today - all you need to do is read this book.
