Quotes About Emotional intelligence

We are doing the best we can with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge we have.

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

While Henri had a huge heart, he had quite a modest brain. His head was taken up almost entirely by his ears. In fact, his head seemed simply a sort of mount for those ears. Fortunately Henri didn't really need his head. He kept all the important things in his heart.

Scientists might appear rational, but they were in fact completely at the mercy of their emotions. Because most never learned to face them.

Gamache in anger. "He knew that's

Gamache listened closely. To the words. The tone. The space between the words.

Always Follow your heart.....but take your brains with you

Music is something that you have to do with your body. You listen with your body. In fact, a good musician has to think with his belly and to feel with his brain. That is very important.

In life, perfect pitch is the ability to know someone from the inside out, even better maybe than she knows herself.

If you want to feel sorry for yourself," Mary continues, "then do it in a way that isn't going to destroy other people's lives.

Your academic excellence and professional training cannot equate your knowledge of friendship.

Don't you ever think,' he asked cautiously, 'that it would be better to be a bully than to be bullied? At least that way no one could ever hurt you.' Katarina turned to him in amazement. 'No,' she said definitively, shaking her head. 'No Pieter, I never think that, not for a moment.

People dont care what you know until they know what you care

You don't really understand people until you hear their life story. If you know their stories, you grasp their history, their hurts, their hopes and aspirations. You put yourself in their shoes. And just by virtue of listening and remembering what's important to them, you communicate that you care and desire to add value.

People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Good leaders motivate others by their listening skills. We are to: avoid prejudicial first impressions; become less self-centered; withhold initial criticism; stay calm; listen with empathy; be active listeners; clarify what we hear; and recognize the healing power of listening. Then we are to act on what we hear

Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you.

Good leaders know when to display emotions and when to delay them.

The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it.

What's the key to relating to others? It's putting yourself in someone else's place instead of putting them in their place.

Most careers involve other people. You can have great academic intelligence and still lack social intelligence—the ability to be a good listener, to be sensitive toward others, to give and take criticism well.

Si se me preguntara cómo resumir el secreto de una buena comunicación, yo diría que es enfocar a los demás y no a uno mismo. Es el problema número uno de los conferenciantes sin experiencia, y también el problema número uno de los líderes ineficientes. Cualquier persona podrá conectarse más rápido con los demás cuando su enfoque no radique exclusivamente en él.

As you interact with people, you certainly want to pay attention to the factual content of the conversation. But don't ignore the emotional content. Sometimes you can learn more about what's really going on by reading between the lines.

TAKE INTEREST IN OTHERS BEFORE THEY TAKE INTEREST IN YOU.