Emotional Intelligence: What Is It? Why Is It Important?

Definition of Emotional Intelligence

"Emotional intelligence is the innate potential to feel, use, communicate, recognize, remember, describe, identify, learn from, manage, understand and explain emotions." (From EQI.org)

There is a lot of excellent material on E.I. on the EQI.org web site--articles, definitions, research results, etc.

An article titled "Emotional Intelligence: Implications" from John D. Mayer's website on E.I at the University of New Hampshire.

What is your emotional IQ? A test you can take to help you assess your level of emotional intelligence

Are other species emotionally intelligent?

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