How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence At Work & In Relationships

by Shawn Kent Hayashi

What if one book could reveal to you how to find happiness, conquer fear, build stronger relationships, and create a life filled with purpose and passion... Would you read it? THIS IS THE the step-by-step guide to raise your emotional intelligence. When you apply these ideas, you will create a joyful, purposeful life. Through clear, encouraging coaching, best-selling author Shawn Kent Hayashi deconstructs how to be emotionally intelligent and makes mastery possible. Real life stories, hands-on exercises, and an integrated journal launch you from passive learning to active practice -- fast! In "How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence at Work & in Relationships" you'll gain these vital - The life-changing questions to ask yourself when you're feeling fear or anger and want to create lasting positive change in your life - The fastest way to stop emotional hijacks from damaging your relationships and career - The secret to developing emotional intelligence - The best techniques to self-regulate through negative emotions - The truth about your "emotional wake" and the steps to strengthen your relationships with awareness, empathy, and social skills - The simple but powerful habits that will enable you to spark joy, create more hope, passion, and love -- and inspire others! Use this practical guide to create your path to professional success and personal growth -- and get ready to thrive!

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

Published January 27, 2016

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I am drawn to books that claim to improve one's interpersonal or self mastery skills, there's always a voice at the back of my head wondering if I'll learn anything new or if the book will just be more of the same old advice and theories. Thankfully, How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence at Work & in Relationships delivers.

Hayashi's book clearly defines numerous emotional triggers so that the reader learns not only how to identify them in him or herself, but also in others. She also proposes strategies for responding to each trigger to help prevent conflict. Likewise, she identifies the most common motivators for people, and proposes ways to identify these motivates in ourselves and others. Journaling exercises and prompts give readers a way to thoughtfully take what they've read and put the ideas into practice to hone in on their own behaviors.

This compact book provides much useful information for those looking to improve relationships at home and at work.

[Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such an important book! I didn’t think I needed to improve my EQ, but I was hooked from the start. In the first journaling exercise, I started to wonder why I didn’t make more time to create positive emotions - and avoid my negative emotional triggers! The prompts for this self-reflection make this book special. It includes a wealth of examples and questions for building self–awareness and regulation. This book is definitely one you can return to and find something new each time! My friends and I are college students, and even though this book seemed geared toward professionals, we found it was highly relevant to our lives as well. I highly recommend it.

[Alis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall great book

The first half of the book was really helpful and insightful. The last section about motivators and affirmations was a little harder to apply to my life.

[Kate Early · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I liked best about this book is that it really does live up to its claim to move you from “passive learning to active practice.” In the beginning Hayashi introduces the idea of an emotions dictionary and then encourages you to create your own right there within the pages of the book. At first I thought it seemed like a lot of work to track your feelings and triggers, but honestly, the tool really did help me to become more aware of my emotions. I also never really thought about how you could use awareness to “process yourself through” emotions (as Hayashi describes it). If you're feeling sad, you can make a choice about what to do with that emotion instead of staying "stuck" in it. The section about the 3 types of responses to anger (passive, aggressive, or assertive) is incredibly useful for examining the healthy and unhealthy ways for dealing with this emotion. I also loved the list of questions for dealing with envy, sadness, anger and fear.

[Shawn Kent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great guide for developing emotional intelligence. The EQ Circles also enable people to build trust, deeper relationship and connections - you'll find details here http://yourtalentatwork.com/learning-...