Emotional Intelligence
Anyone can become angry - that’s easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in a right way – that is not easy -- Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics This is where Emotional Intelligence (EQ) paves a decisive role. Emotional intelligence is guiding one’s emotions to fulfill one’s rational goal. Reason without emotion is blind and emotions if not guided intelligently can be monsters. We all know by experience that when it comes to taking crucial decisions that shape our actions, feelings count every bit as much and often more- than thought. In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels . The rational mind is the mode of comprehension, more prominent in awareness, more thoughtful, able to ponder and reflect. The emotional mind is impulsive and powerful, sometimes illogical. Ordinarily there is a balance between the two minds. Emotions feeding into and informing the operations of ration