This Is How To Make Emotionally Intelligent Friendships: 8 Secrets

Emotional intelligence. That elusive, ethereal quality that some people seem to have in spades, while the rest of us are left scrabbling around in the social dirt like confused, charmless mole people.

EI is complex, but one of the best ways to increase it is simple: learn how to be a good listener. Listening is the golden ticket, the unsung hero of the social Olympics.

Problem is, these days listening is about as popular as a landline. Everyone wants to be the podcast; nobody wants to be the a...