A skills assessment, As its name suggests, even if it's a simplification, it allows
to explore your skills and identify those that can be transferred to your chosen future career. We never start from scratch. All the skills you've developed throughout your life, from birth to the present day, in both professional and personal contexts, can be unexpected assets in your career change, even if it's far removed from your original profession. And we often forget that a skill is not just know-how, it goes far beyond that.
A skill is an aggregate of 4 types of knowledge. which develop, maintain themselves, They grow. A skill is therefore dynamic. Everyone can progress in skills through learning. It includes knowledge (knowledge) theoretical), know-how (practical knowledge), soft skills (interpersonal qualities) And physical abilities.
The good news is that Emotional intelligence is a skill, which means to say that this can be learned like any other theoretical or technical skill and that we we can make continuous progress. The other good news is that intelligence emotional is composed of multiple dimensions, all interdependent. When We're making progress on one, and we're making progress on the others too!
And by the way, what is emotional intelligence?
This overused term deserves all of Same clarification.
Corinne Martin, in her book "émoi, émoi, émoi, L'intelligence des émotions" – April 2019, defines emotional intelligence as an individual's ability to recognize their emotions and those of others, and to use this information to guide his thinking and his behaviors in an efficient and optimal way. Strengthening one's emotional intelligence allows you to optimize your relationships, his communication, his problem-solving, his management uncertainty and its decision-making.
The 5 dimensions have a direct influence
on well-being, performance and the
social and emotional functioning.
Indeed, the perception that you
What you have of yourself will influence the way you express yourself, which has its own This will all have an impact on your human relationships.
And what about emotions in all of this? The word emotion comes to us from Latin emovere, which means
«"To set in motion." When something pleasant or unpleasant happens, our brain sends a signal to our body to move. Generally, this is linked to one of the four most commonly felt primary emotions: fear, anger, sadness, and joy. Other, slightly more complex feelings can also trigger a reaction, such as disgust, surprise, shame, or guilt.
Now, how will knowing your emotions help you in everyday life?
As you read above, basic emotions arise spontaneously and naturally; in a way, we are subject to them, acting without thinking to protect ourselves, or even to survive. Imagine letting your emotions be fully expressed in contexts where it is less clear to discern the other person's intentions. What might the consequences be?
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