Though definitions vary, Emotional Intelligence, or EQ generally refers to the capacity of a person to be aware and in control of their emotions as well as their ability to handle their interpersonal relationships with empathy and sensitivity. Could developing high EQ be the antidote to fighting your inner jerk??

Hmmmmm, let’s discuss.

Key Takeaways:

Using our EQ can help us from leaping from emotion to emotion, and allow us to slow down, open our brains, and get curious.
Overusing EQ can go sideways! You can lose your boundaries, take on other peoples’ problems too much, and, exhaustingly and irritatingly, always try to be the hero.
Rather than treating others how we know we’d like to be treated, put in the effort to learn what respectful treatment looks like, and feels like, for them.