The "new" new thing is emotional intelligence

Recently, there have been many articles written about one of the "newest" new things in business - "emotional intelligence".  The term is catchy, but emotional intelligence is really not new at all.  Psychology Today says:

Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. It is generally said to include 3 skills:

1. Emotional awareness, including the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others;
2. The ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problems solving;
3. The ability to manage emotions, including the ability to regulate your own emotions, and the ability to cheer up or calm down another person.

Google simplified the definition as the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.  i.e. "emotional intelligence is the key to both personal and professional success"

I've taken several EI or EQ tests.  I rank above average but I'd like to raise my quotient still.  Want to test your own emotional intelligence?  Come back and let me the results after you take it here:

• http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/emotional-intelligence, or
• Emotional Intelligence Quiz Results

Need to work on it?  Join the club (Business Book Club for Professionals).

Performing Under Pressure 

Hendrie Weisnger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry 

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