Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is all about helping you notice your emotional energy and making choices to react to what is happening to you in a way that fosters long term personal growth. This is a muscle we can exercise and strengthen with a little work. People have an average of 80 experience each year that, if they noticed and acknowledge them, are personal growth opportunities. Most people only identify and act on 3 of those. Many times people may avoid the negative emotions or pretend everything is ok. 

You have probably heard the term “emotional intelligence” (also known as EQ), but wondered what exactly does it mean?  You may have also wondered why you should care about it, particularly in the workplace where we should be controlling our emotions and acting in a professional, rational manner.  It turns out that, whether we realize it or not, many of us are already familiar with the concept of EQ, and there are multiple reasons why we should care about it, especially in the workplace.