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Identify your feelings and manage your emotions. Decode facial cues and body language. Increase your confidence and build strong relationships.

Introduction PART 1: There's a new kind of intelligence in town. Feeling smart ; Assessing your emotional intelligence ; Finding happiness PART 2: The essentials of emotional intelligence. Investigating the science behind emotional intelligence ; Becoming more aware of your emotions ; Managing your emotions ; Understanding empathy ; Managing other people's emotions PART 3: Taking emotional intelligence to work. Dealing with difficult workplace situations ; Succeeding through emotional intelligence ; Becoming an emotionally intelligent leader ; Creating an emotionally intelligent workplace ; Getting through college with emotional intelligence PART 4: Using emotional intelligence at home. Creating emotionally intelligent relationships ; Parenting with emotional intelligence ; Raising an emotionally intelligent child PART 5: The part of tens. Ten ways to improve your emotional intelligence ; Ten ways to help difficult people with their emotional intelligence ; Ten ways to make the world a more emotionally intelligent place

Get smart about your feelings to achieve success and happiness Emotional intelligence (also known as emotional quotient or EQ) is all about perceiving, using, understanding, managing, and handling your emotions and those of others. Develop crucial emotional skills that will help you in your career and in your personal life with Emotional Intelligence For Dummies. Learn to manage your emotions, uncover the power of empathy, and build meaningful relationships. Raise emotionally intelligent kids, become a better leader at work, and land the job you want. Let Dummies be your guide to living your best life! Gain emotional awareness that you can use in the workplace and at home Engage in practical exercises to develop your emotional intelligence skills Apply emotional intelligence in parenting children and teenagers Reduce stress and realize greater personal happiness with a higher EQ This new edition incorporates the latest research on emotional intelligence, the new EQ-i 2.0® model, and updated exercises. Anyone who wants to get a grip on their emotions and seek success in life will benefit from this fun and practical guide.

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