Your emotions influence your decisions. Learning to read and regulate your emotions will help you make better choices and build better relationships with all kinds of people. Emotional intelligence can be learned. But just like any skill, it requires consistent practice. You don’t get a healthy body by going to the gym once a week. And you don't learn a new language by just attending a few classes. Building your emotional intelligence requires consistent practice over a long time-frame. But you can do it in small steps.