The Magic of Emotional Intelligence

        Emotional intelligence is a kind of ability that people have to recognize their true feelings and understand what is causing them. This ability enables them to better control their emotional responses, changing or correcting them when necessary. It helps people to behave appropriately in social situations, which allow them to maintain good relationships with others.
        The professor gives us an example about his own daughter.
        His daughter had a friend and they decided to watch a movie together. But they got into an argument because they could not decide on what movie to watch. His daughter started to get quite upset during the argument, which was not like her at all. But then, his daughter stopped, and thought about why she was so upset. She realized her reaction was inappropriate, and she also realized she was not really upset with her friend because there was something else bothering her. She just got a summer job as a camp counselor for children, and she was feeling a lot of worry and stress about how well she would do, she said she'd never worked with children before, so she figured out that she wasn't upset about what movie to watch with her friend, but about starting her new job. She really wanted it to go well. She wanted the kids to like her. And when she understood this, she stopped arguing with her friend, and apologized to her. She told her friend how anxious she felt about starting the job, and how sorry she was about getting upset with her, and her friend encouraged her, saying she would do great at the job. So, his daughter felt better, and they relaxed and had fun together, same as always.