THE MONEY CORNER

Self-smart - How well do you know yourself? How well do you understand your emotions? Emotional Intelligence is concerned with self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy and the ability to influence others. According to Daniel Coleman's theory, success in business depends on emotional intelligence rather than academic learning.  People with Emotional Intelligence are self-aware, self-regulated and self-motivated. They are sensitive to other's feelings and have the ability to influence people. Emotions are generally feelings, which cannot be seen or touched. You feel them. Emotional Intelligence is a ladder of your ability to deal with emotions and also use them. The ladder starts from self-awareness to self-regulation to self-motivation to empathy to your influence on others. Emotional Intelligence is a quality every leader must have. It is a quality every individual who wants to be relevant must have. • Self-awareness To be self-aware means that you know how y