The Importance of Emotional Intelligence Part 2: Self-Mastery

Growing your emotional intelligence means growing your ability to choose what you say and do–because of and in spite of your emotions. Self-management is your ability to choose what you say and do based on your awareness of your emotions (Bradberry and Greaves). To understand self-mastery, we have to go back over the role of feelings—to give us information and to help us know when to pay attention and what to pay attention to.  Conversation Overview “Emotion” means “to move” It is important to feel the whole range of human emotion Advantages of self-management Aspects of emotional intelligence related to self-mastery Growing our self-mastery References Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Bradberry and Greaves Daniel Goleman Standford Marshmallow Experiment 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Recent Episodes The Importance of Emotional Intelligence The Power of Self-Compassion Disrupting Your Autopilot Seeing Yourself in the System Leading Change and Managing the Resulting Anxiety