Let’s embark on a journey. A journey filled with the emotional rollercoasters of life, which, oddly enough, has the capacity to make Cirque du Soleil look like a kid’s playground. No safety nets, no rehearsals, just pure, unfiltered emotion — your secret weapon for self-improvement.
We’re all familiar with the well-trodden pathways to self-improvement: practice mindfulness, nurture positive relationships, get enough sleep, eat healthily, and so forth. But what if I told you there’s an undercover agent working behind the scenes, silently shaping the course of your personal development? Meet “Emotional Agility.”
What is Emotional Agility?
As Susan David, a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, defined it, emotional agility is “being flexible with your thoughts and feelings so that you can respond optimally to everyday situations.” Sounds like a stealthy ninja of emotional intelligence, right?