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Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook
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Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook

by Gill Hasson
April 2017
Beginner
128 pages
2h 18m
English
Capstone
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KNOWING WHY WE HAVE EMOTIONS

Everyone knows what an emotion is until asked to give a definition. Then it seems, nobody knows. – B. Fehr and J. Russell

Emotions play an important role in how we think and behave. Emotions help protect you and keep you physically safe by prompting you to react to the threat of danger. Basic emotions such as fear, anger and disgust don’t wait for you to think, to reason and process what’s going on. In circumstances where rational thinking is too slow, these emotions instantly warn you of danger and get you to react – through fight or flight – immediately.

Other emotions – social emotions – enable people to live and work with each other. Social emotions such as guilt, shame, gratitude and love guide and maintain ...

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