What are Emotional Intelligence Micro Habits?
We often hear about forming micro habits in our daily lives to achieve more.
What if we also used emotional intelligence micro habits to benefit our work and personal lives. We know emotional intelligence comes from a place of self awareness and the ability to look at ourselves self objectively.
Here is our micro habits you can use everyday both at home and work to make a difference to yourself and most importantly those around you.
Self-awareness: Developing self-awareness allows us all to understand our own emotions, strengths, and weaknesses, and how they impact on interactions with others. This can be done by regularly reflecting on our own emotions and how they respond to different situations.
Empathy: Developing empathy helps us understand the perspectives and emotions of others. This can be done by actively listening to others, asking questions, and trying to put oneself in other people's shoes.
Active listening: Active listening is a key aspect of empathy. It involves paying full attention to what the other person is saying, without interrupting or getting distracted. By actively listening to others, we can gain a better understanding of their perspectives and concerns.
Emotional regulation: Developing emotional regulation is key to allows managing our own emotions in a healthy way. This can be done by using techniques such as deep breathing, mindfulness, and visualization to calm the mind and reduce stress.
Conflict resolution: To resolve conflicts in a productive and respectful way we must learn effective communication techniques, such as active listening, and most importantly being open to compromise.
Building positive relationships: This can be done by being friendly, approachable, and by showing genuine interest in others. Asking how they are and genuinely meaning it
Lastly, try thinking about what you are going to say before opening your mouth and if you will add value to the conversation.
By developing these emotional intelligence micro habits, managers and business owners can improve their ability to understand and start to manage their own emotions, and work effectively with others.
At Business Activators, we still see today occasions where there is a lack of Emotional Intelligence in organisations. Unfortunately, It often starts at the top and is a conversation that has to be had with the business owner/CEO/Manager on how they can start using Emotional Intelligence Micro Habits for the betterment of their employees.
Contact www.businessactivators.au for a no obligation chat if you can help you with the tools to improve the Emotional Intelligence in your organisation.
