From the course: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
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Dealing with stressful situations
From the course: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
Dealing with stressful situations
- Acting on emotional impulse means that you're being led by your emotions, which may or may not be useful. It depends on the situation. Of course, being passionate and excited will encourage others to be interested in what you're saying, and you might find it easier to engage with those that you're speaking with. In this scenario, you're being led by positive emotions, but the outcome won't always be so positive if you are being directed by fear or anger. The time between experiencing a thought, then a feeling, and responding to that feeling can be so quick, it can be almost hard to imagine how you can break the chain, but this is possible with practice. The trick is to choose how to react. And to do that, you need to slow down your reaction time. Step one is to identify when you're reacting emotionally and you feel that you could be more objective. Step two, when you start to feel your emotions, such as anger or…
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