What are the benefits of knowing and developing emotional intelligence?<br />Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and monitor one&#39;s feelings and those of others and use that information to act and adapt to social situations. It, therefore, means learning to use, understand and manage emotions in a fully conscious way.<br /><br />Knowing one&#39;s emotions means improving oneself enriching one&#39;s social and working life, and managing more negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and stress.<br /><br />This book covers:<ul> <li>Why do we need emotions?</li> <li>The personal competencies of emotional intelligence</li> <li>Social competencies of emotional intelligence</li> <li>Understanding emotional drain and energy vampire</li> <li>Emotional intelligence at work</li> <li>Emotional intelligence at home</li> <li>Busting the myths about emotional intelligence</li> <li>Are you emotionally intelligent?</li></ul>Do you know that to be successful, you need to have a high emotional intelligence? For a while, most people thought that to achieve success, you had to have a high iq; however, recent research studies show otherwise. Emotional intelligence enables you to effectively identify your emotions, people&rsquo;s emotions and to react accordingly. It also teaches you how to analyze situations before making a decision.