Emotional Intelligence For Dummies

Get smart about your feelings to achieve success and happiness Emotional intelligence (also known as emotional quotient or EQ) is all about perceiving, using, understanding, managing, and handling your emotions and those of others. Develop crucial emotional skills that will help you in your career and in your personal life with Emotional Intelligence For Dummies. Learn to manage your emotions, uncover the power of empathy, and build meaningful relationships. Raise emotionally intelligent kids, become a better leader at work, and land the job you want. Let Dummies be your guide to living your best life! Gain emotional awareness that you can use in the workplace and at home Engage in practical exercises to develop your emotional intelligence skills Apply emotional intelligence in parenting children and teenagers Reduce stress and realize greater personal happiness with a higher EQ This new edition incorporates the latest research on emotional intelligence, the new EQ-i 2.0® model, and updated exercises. Anyone who wants to get a grip on their emotions and seek success in life will benefit from this fun and practical guide.

Introduction 1 Part 1: There’s a New Kind of Intelligence in Town 5 Chapter 1: Feeling Smart 7 Chapter 2: Assessing Your Emotional Intelligence 21 Chapter 3: Finding Happiness 31 Part 2: The Essentials of Emotional Intelligence 41 Chapter 4: Investigating the Science Behind Emotional Intelligence 43 Chapter 5: Becoming More Aware of Your Emotions 61 Chapter 6: Managing Your Emotions 81 Chapter 7: Understanding Empathy 99 Chapter 8: Managing Other People’s Emotions 115 Part 3: Taking Emotional Intelligence to Work 131 Chapter 9: Dealing with Difficult Workplace Situations 133 Chapter 10: Succeeding Through Emotional Intelligence 149 Chapter 11: Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Leader 173 Chapter 12: Creating an Emotionally Intelligent Workplace 191 Chapter 13: Getting Through College with Emotional Intelligence 217 Part 4: Using Emotional Intelligence at Home 235 Chapter 14: Creating Emotionally Intelligent Relationships 237 Chapter 15: Parenting with Emotional Intelligence 257 Chapter 16: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child 275 Part 5: The Part of Tens 297 Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence 299 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Help Difficult People with Their Emotional Intelligence 311 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Make the World a More Emotionally Intelligent Place 321 Index 329