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I will appreciate the moment:

I will notice the good things that are happening to me right now,
whether it’s a beautiful sky, a happy child, an efficient grocery store clerk, or hitting all the green lights
for a change. I don’t know how many years or days I’ll live, so I want to live this moment fully. I will ask
myself often, “If this turns out to be the last day of my life, have I enjoyed it to the fullest extent
possible?” It’s easy to lapse into worrying about the future, or dreaming of better things to come, or
stewing in our regrets over the past while we miss the golden sunlight streaming in our window, or
don’t hear the lovely song playing on the radio. I will try not to miss this moment because I’m so
focused on what I should be doing next.

Even when I am working toward a future goal, I will try to
enjoy the process of getting there. I will ask myself constantly, “What can I do to wring the most joy
from this moment, from this experience?” I will remind myself that taking out the garbage in the rain is
a chance to smell the wet earth, to feel nature’s fresh raindrops on my skin, maybe even to stomp in a
puddle. I will seize every opportunity to laugh and have fun and learn from every task, no matter how
routine or boring. Housework becomes fun when I blast Motown and dance while drying the dishes or
sing along with the Supremes while making the bed, so this is what I will do to make my life joyful.

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Emotion holds and over-arching control on humanity.

All decisions are monitored with regards to anger, happiness, boredom, or sheer frustration; how often, for example, have you chosen to watch a particular movie because you were sad? How often have you gone on vacation out of frustration of your daily grind lifestyle? You are a slave to your emotions. They are as much a part of us as your skeleton, as your kidneys and liver.

Your emotions are complex, psychological, involving three segments: a psychological response, a subjective experience, and an expressive, occasionally behavioral response. The subjective experience refers to the fact that people all over the world- regardless of their particular culture-experience the same basic emotions. However, these basic emotions have a highly subjective range of experience. Therefore, sadness means something different for everyone, besides the fact that it is a very basic human response to something upsetting.

Your psychological response is precisely what it sounds like, of course. When your stomach flutters with anxiety, when your heart beats rapidly, you are experiencing psychological responses to your emotions. Research shows that the amygdala, a portion of the brain, triggers these reactions as it enacts a very big role in the formation of emotions, most notably, in the formation of fear. Your behavior response, on the other hand, is your very particular expression of your emotion.

You enact your emotions and show them on your sleeve so often, as the expression goes. These expressions can be universal, like a smile indicating happiness; alternately, they can be cultural.

This expression of emotion is precisely what emotional intelligence is concerned with. Your ability to understand other people’s emotional expression is your emotional intelligence; some researchers state that your emotional intelligence is actually more important than your IQ. After all, with a proper emotional intelligence, you can interact with people from all over the world. You can parse through any conversation because you understand, essentially what the other person is feeling. You can read them like an open book. Therefore emotional intelligence is like a map to the world.

1. Perceiving Emotions:
The initial step on the road to emotional intelligence is having the ability to correctly perceive emotions. This generally involves picking up on nonverbal clues like facial expression and body language and having the ability to assess what these things mean.

2. Reasoning and Thinking with Regards to These Emotions:
This step requires the utilization of emotions in order to promote cognitive activity. Through emotions, you can begin to prioritize the things you are paying attention to; you can garner your emotions with regards to the things that gain your attention.

3. Comprehending Emotions:
In this step you will look at your emotions a little bit closer. Each emotion carries a plethora of meaning. For example, if you see someone with angry emotions you must understand precisely where this anger came from and what this might mean for the person and for your surroundings. If in this example,, your friend is acting angry, he could be angry with something you sad last night; alternately, he could be angry because he got a speeding ticket or finds himself in a fight with his girlfriend.

The meaning behind different people’s emotions is incredibly varied, and it’s best not to any conclusions. Furthermore, you must begin to comprehend your own emotions. When you feel a certain way, you must diagnose where those feelings came from. What triggers you? This can help you understand yourself a little better.

4.
Managing Emotions:
You must begin to manage and regulate your emotions. Through this, you can begin to respond appropriately to your emotions and the emotions of others. This is the true high-level focus of emotional intelligence. You must have the ability to apply your perceptions of the world……………………

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As you work to understand the emotions of those around you, you can maximize you impact and happiness in many situations. You can begin to guide your relationships in a healthy manner and solve problems,
In these direct compartments, you can begin to:

1. Manage your anger.

How often has an argument gotten out of control because you or someone else couldn’t handle the feelings of anger?
Hot emotions like jealous, or anger, can be difficult to manage. However, if you maintain a level of emotional intelligence, you can calm yourself.
You can direct your mind to think about unrelated things, about funny encounters that hold no relation of the current problem. You can utilize various coping mechanisms, as well; for example, you can concentrate on the direct, realistic situation at hand rather than the emotions attached to it.
Alternately, you can begin to look at the situation from another’s perspective to get a full grasp of it.

2. Read Body Language:

Scientist state that body language subsists a full sixty percent of all communication. With proper emotional intelligence, you can begin to understand the body language of other people to operate in a world without unnecessary words. When you begin to pick up on body language cues, you can act responsibly to what a person is feeling.
For example, if you notice that a person is acting especially shy or un-confident, you would not speak loudly and aggressively at that person. Instead, you’d speak slowly, kindly, in attempts to coax the person into better confidence and assuredness.

3. Manage your emotional In Alternate Settings:

With emotional intelligence in hand, it won’t matter what sort of people you speak to or where, in the world you are. You will have the ability to handle any anxiety you, personally, have about certain situation or group of people. And as you handle your own emotions by understanding them and having compassion.

4. Hold better team recruitment and selection skills:

With emotional intelligence, you can begin to work as a better team leader or manager. Many team leaders utilize emotional intelligence in order to select new candidates to be a part of the team. They work to find new candidates who can mange their own emotions; candidates who can develop strong relationships that enhance productivity and improve performance.

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I will appreciate the moment:
I will notice the good things that are happening to me right now,
whether it’s a beautiful sky, a happy child, an efficient grocery store clerk, or hitting all the green lights
for a change. I don’t know how many years or days I’ll live, so I want to live this moment fully. I will ask
myself often, “If this turns out to be the last day of my life, have I enjoyed it to the fullest extent
possible?” It’s easy to lapse into worrying about the future, or dreaming of better things to come, or
stewing in our regrets over the past while we miss the golden sunlight streaming in our window, or
don’t hear the lovely song playing on the radio. I will try not to miss this moment because I’m so
focused on what I should be doing next. Even when I am working toward a future goal, I will try to SoulfulLiving.com © 2006 Molly L. Stranahan. All Rights Reserved 3
enjoy the process of getting there. I will ask myself constantly, “What can I do to wring the most joy
from this moment, from this experience?” I will remind myself that taking out the garbage in the rain is
a chance to smell the wet earth, to feel nature’s fresh raindrops on my skin, maybe even to stomp in a
puddle. I will seize every opportunity to laugh and have fun and learn from every task, no matter how
routine or boring. Housework becomes fun when I blast Motown and dance while drying the dishes or
sing along with the Supremes while making the bed, so this is what I will do to make my life joyful.

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