Being Smart Isn't Enough
In many workplaces and relationships, being smart isn't enough.
You must have seen lots of cases like, someone with fewer skills still gets promoted fater, or great ideas ignored becasue the speaker couldn't connect with others. It has nothing to do with skills.
Daniel Goleman, a psychologist, introduced the Emotional Intelligence (EI) model to remind us that success isn’t just about what we know, it’s also about how we manage ourselves and relate to others.
What Is Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Model?
Goleman’s model breaks emotional intelligence into five key elements. Each one helps people understand and manage their own feelings and interact better with others.
Let’s look at each part:
Self-Awareness
Recognize your own emotions.
You can tell what you’re feeling and why. People with high self-awareness don’t let their emotions control them. They are honest with themselves and others.
It shared a similar pattern with the AVP Model (Handle Anxiety, Anger, and Sadness). It's called "Acknowledge" over there but the concept is the same.
Example: You feel nervous before a meeting and recognize that it's because you didn’t prepare enough.
