Emotional Intelligence

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Welcome to the Emotional Intelligence (EQ) playlist. 
Here you will learn what emotional intelligence is and will get familiar with its core parts. 
To start with, Emotional Intelligence (otherwise known as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. EQ gained popularity in the 1995 best-selling book "Emotional Intelligence", written by science journalist Daniel Goleman. 
Daniel Goleman presented a mixed model that represented EQ as a wide array of competencies and skills that drive leadership performance. These are the following:
Self-awareness – the ability to know one's emotions, strengths, weaknesses, drives, values, and goals and recognize their impact on others while using gut feelings to guide decisions.
Emotion regulation – involves controlling or redirecting one's disruptive emotions and impulses and adapting to changing circumstances.
Self-motivation – being aware of what motivates them.
Empathy – considering other people's feelings especially when making decisions.
Social skills – managing relationships to get along with others.
By completing the five tasks you will learn about each of the core skills, while the worksheets will help you to reflect on the knowledge received. 
And the most exciting part - you will receive the EQ Master badge proving your skills in this exciting field!
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Wanna learn about yourself before diving into the knowledge sea? 
Great idea! Please complete the test presented by the Global Leadership Foundation on the Emotional Intelligence to get your unique score.
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Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

Self-awareness

Mandatory

1 hour

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Emotion regulation

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1 hour

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Self-motivation

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1 hour

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Empathy

Mandatory

1 hour

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Content

Empathy is an active attempt to understand other people's emotions, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. 
Healthy relationships often require compassion, attentiveness, and understanding of other people's thoughts and feelings. Therefore, the ability to communicate and understand each other's emotional states is the key to maintaining our relationships. By looking at things from other people's perspectives we gain an understanding of their values and beliefs and so helping you build a connection with them. Empathy is best built upon mutual understanding so it's important to open up your own feelings and life experiences. As well as helping you build a bond with other people empathizing with others, it also might aid you to regulate, and better understand your own personal emotions. Managing your own emotions is important in that it allows you to manage what you are feeling, even in times of great stress, without becoming overwhelmed. 
The worksheet for this activity will provide you with the opportunity to better understand and recognize what is empathy and how it affects us.
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Resources

Worksheet for empathy activity

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Empathy expert Get this badge

This badge is issued for learning and thinking about empathy as one of the core parts of emotional intelligence. 
Owners of this badge:
Has the ability to identify and understand emotions. Has the ability to share and understand the feelings of other people. Can differentiate between empathy and sympathy.
In order to receive the badge, please complete the worksheet and upload the evidence.

Tasks

Task no.1

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In order to receive the badge, please complete the worksheet and upload the evidence.
Follow steps to find out what is empathy and why is it important, and its effects to our lives.
Upload the filled-in worksheet. Share your thoughts on the following questions:
1. What new things did you learn in this activity that you would like to implement in your everyday life? 
2. What was the surprising/challenging part of the worksheet?

Social skills

Mandatory

1 hour

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Skills

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#demonstrate motivation

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#perform self assessment

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#manage own emotions

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#exercise self-control

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#show empathy

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#social interactions

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#regulate moods

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#self-reflection

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#Assertiveness

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#control impulses

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#personal development

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#show motivation

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#self promotion

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#self-control

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#socialise with others

Activities: 5

Started: 2

Completed playlist: 0

Time to complete: 5 hours

Organisers

Vilnius City of Learning

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