Emotional intelligence (otherwise known

as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to

understand, use, and manage your
own emotions in positive ways to relieve
stress, communicate effectively, empathize
with others, overcome challenges and defuse
conflict
Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to
identify and manage one’s own emotions, as
well as the emotions of others.
 It is defined as the ability to sense
other people's emotions, coupled with
the ability to imagine what someone
else might be thinking or feeling. ...
“Cognitive empathy,” sometimes called
“perspective taking,” refers to our
ability to identify and understand other
people's emotions.
Sympathy is a shared feeling, usually of
sorrow, pity or compassion for another
person. You show concern for another
person when you feel sympathy for them.
For example, when someone loses a loved
one, you feel sympathy towards that
person and their family.
Apathy is a state of indifference, or the
suppression of emotions such as concern,
excitement, motivation, or passion. An
apathetic individual has an absence of
interest in or concern about emotional,
social, spiritual, philosophical, or physical
life and the world.
An emotionally intelligent
individual is both highly
conscious of his or her own
emotional states, even
negativity—frustration, sadness,
or something more subtle—and
able to identify and manage
them.
IQ gets you hired,
while EI gets you
fired/promoted.
An intelligence quotient or IQ is a
derived from one of several different
standardized tests attempting to
measure intelligence.
It is the measure of cognitive abilities,
such as the ability to learn or to
understand or to deal with new
situations.
Analyze yourself, and tell if
you’re emotionally intelligent
or not.
(½ CROSSWISE)