Emotional Intelligance (EI) - What's your Personality Type?

Emotional Intelligance (EI)  What is your Personality Type?

Every time I explain the topic of Emotional Intelligence (EI), it is funny to hear such responses as “that is sooo interesting,” or “what a fascinating topic!”  I wholeheartedly agree because I too said the same thing when I was first introduced to the subject in Dr. Steely’s class at Webster University in 2009.  I thank Dr. Steely for introducing this subject.  To this day, EI has been one of the best learning tools I could have ever had; and I practice it EVERYDAY!

Let me see…where does one start with bringing this concept down to earth?  EI starts with understanding oneself; developing an awareness and mindfulness of your own emotions without either getting hijacked by them or ignoring them as inconsequential.  Emotions are the guideposts to our decision-making.  Understanding how we feel is a major key to making good decisions that we are satisfied with and that work for all involved.  Sigmund Freud described self-awareness as having an “evenly hovering attention while we watch ourselves feel and act”.  Basically, it is all about monitoring what is going on in a calm, but neutral way.

Hopefully, after reading this blog, you will start practicing this mindfulness whenever you feel an emotion welling up.  Let the feeling play out inside, trying not to get caught up in it – just watch and take mental notes of what is happening inside of you.  Look for patterns and triggers.  As you do so, you will be building the foundation of EI, which is self-awareness.  It is the first step in building a real relationship with yourself and the ability to spread the knowledge to others.

I encourage you to click on the following links, read over the information, take the test and find out what your personality type is… let me know what you think!!!

http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html#Inventory

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp