The department of Biochemistry with St. Joseph's College Rangers Team has organized a Gust lecture on Emitional intelligence. The guest speaker is Mrs M. Sarojini, International Certified Life Coach and Impact Motivational Speaker and Trainer, on 26th March, 2025 from 2.00 to 3.00 PM
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and to use this awareness to guide thought and behavior. It involves being able to manage your own emotions, as well as the emotions of others.
There are five key components of Emotional Intelligence:
1. Self-Awareness: Recognizing and understanding your own emotions.
2. Self-Regulation: Controlling and managing your own emotions.
3. Motivation: Using emotions to drive motivation and achieve goals.
4.Empathy: Recognizing and understanding emotions in others.
5. Social Skills: Applying emotional intelligence to interact and communicate effectively with others.
For college-going students, Emotional Intelligence is useful in several ways:
1. Better relationships: Emotional Intelligence helps students build stronger, more meaningful relationships with peers, professors, and roommates.
2. Improved mental health: By recognizing and managing their emotions, students can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.
3. Effective communication: Emotional Intelligence enables students to communicate effectively, resolve conflicts, and negotiate with others.
4. Academic success: Emotional Intelligence helps students stay motivated, focused, and committed to their academic goals.
5. Career readiness: Employers value Emotional Intelligence in their employees, as it enables effective teamwork, leadership, and customer service.
To develop Emotional Intelligence, students can:
1. Practice self-reflection and journaling.
2. Engage in active listening and empathy-building exercises.
3. Develop effective communication and conflict resolution skills.
4. Learn stress management and relaxation techniques.
5. Seek feedback from others and be open to constructive criticism.
IQ, EQ, Social Quotient are important
Postive emotion and negative emotions
The opposite of success is nerve giveup. Emotional intelligence means expressing your feelings.. but pause for a while when in anger . Apply EQ in personal life. Points to remeber are- Self awareness , Empathy , Strong relationships are built , Motivation , Helps in personal and professional life.
EQ Helps to have good leadership skills , Team work , Conflict resolution , Adaptability
Importnat is to Define yourself