The 7 Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People

Four major skills in Emotional Intelligence:
     the ability to perceive, reason, understand, and manage emotions.

The 7 Habits for you to develop:
1) Self Awareness - pay attention to what you are feeling
2) Empathy - the ability to understand the emotions of other people
3) Self-regulation - think before you act
4) Motivated - able to take an emotional leap and make a change
5) Great Social Skills - developed by 1 and 2 above.  interested in healthy social relationships and helping others succeed.
6) Sharing - not only aware, they are able to share their feelings appropriately with others.
7) Find the Cause - able to correctly identify the underlying causes of their emotions.  

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