vision serves as a strong enabling factor in helping a person manage
emotions and relationships. It aids decision making when an individ-
ual faces difficult choices. It also helps a person stay motivated to be-
have in a manner consistent with his values and intentions. Mastery
of purpose and vision is the foundation on which emotional intelli-
gence is based. All of the other areas build on this foundation. Three
competencies emerge in this area of emotional intelligence:
1. Understanding one’s purpose and values, which is to understand one’s
life purpose and values;
2. Taking actions toward one’s purpose, which means to take action or
steps to live ...