4 Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People

As a psychologist, I work with a lot of people who want to improve their emotional intelligence. But despite all the inspiring podcasts and YouTube videos they consume, they still struggle with it: <ul> <li>They get lost in spirals of worry and anxiety</li> <li>They get judgmental with themselves for how they feel</li> <li>They fall into self-sabotage as soon as they start moving forward</li> </ul> The problem is… <blockquote> Emotional intelligence comes from consistent habits, not inspiring ideas. </blockquote> Here are four habits that will improve your emotional intelligence: <h1>1. Letting go of unhelpful thoughts</h1> More thinking isn’t always a good thing — and often, it’s the very thing making us miserable. Most of us grow up being taught to think long and hard: <ul> <li>From the time we can talk, we’re told to “think before you speak.”</li> <li>We get praise and attention for thinking hard and doing well in school.</li> <li>And as adults, our success at work largely depends on our ability to think carefully and creatively.</li> </ul> But while our instinct to think more and think harder serves us well most of the time, there are still a lot of situations when more thinking makes things worse <a href="https://nickwignall.medium.com/4-habits-of-emotionally-intelligent-people-310ddc4a96c2">Visit Now</a>