Emotional Intelligence: concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance
https://www.drishtiias.com/to-the-points/paper4/emotional-intelligence “When awareness is brought to emotions, power is brought to our life.” Aristotle has said that “ Anyone can become angry- that is easy, but to be angry with right person at right time and for the right purpose – that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy”. 1. Definition ○ Emotional Intelligence is ability to monitor one’s own and other people’s emotions, to differentiate between different types of emotions and use the emotional information to guide thinking and behavior. ○ EQ vs IQ • Measure of emotional understanding v/s intelligence • Social skills v/s Tactical skills • More convincing v/s more logical • Help in developing consensus around a policy vs help in understanding policy Therefore, IQ alone is not enough for success. It can only get a person into job but to be successful in the ...