Ken Donaldson and The EQ ( Emotional Intelligence) Five Step Dance
- Stop- count to ten or take a few deep breaths, but do something to stop for a moment
- Pause- repeat and expand #1
- Think- Consider other options and other ways to look at the situation
- Choose- make a conscious choice instead of emotionally reacting
- Respond- instead of reacting emotionally you can now respond consciously and more calmly
The EQ, Emotional Intelligence Five Step Dance is very simple, but not necessarily easy. We have a tendency to react instead of consciously responding. This will take practice, probably continual and ongoing practice. Emotional intelligence is a relatively new concept, but something that can help us all. Whether it’s at home with family, in the community with friends or at work with your co-workers, emotional intelligence can only improve your life.
Here are 3 powerful payoffs for using Emotional Intelligence strategies:
- Knowing, managing and appropriately expressing your own emotional states.
- The ability to detect what others’ emotional states are and knowing how to appropriately respond to such emotional states.
- Effectively and appropriately building a bridge of communication and connection between your emotional states and others’ emotional states.
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