Emotional
intelligence according to the Boss text is “having the ability to perceive
accurately, appraise, and express emotion; the ability to access or generate
feelings when they facilitate thought; the ability to understand emotion and
emotional knowledge; and the ability to regulate emotions to promote emotional
and intellectual growth.” As human
beings we have various different types of emotions such as empathy, anger,
sadness, or happiness. One of the most important and common type of emotion is
empathy which is the ability to understand others experiences and the emotions
of others. A person who is
empathetic is more open to other people’s perspectives, is more flexible, and
can adapt to different situations almost instantly. They also have important
skills in forming an acceptable argument for a planned event or action. Some
empathetic people are often also very sympathetic. In other words they really
do feel for the other person and have no control over it.
I think empathy is a very great quality that people should have. It's a good quality, but being too empathetic could be a bad thing because the person would be overly sensitive, and they couldn't control it. But, if a person has no empathy at all, they would have no sympathy for anyone for any reason at all. This could be a bad thing because for example, if your best friend's family member just passed away, and you have no empathy, your friend could think that you just don't care about them or their feelings at all.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was an interesting concept as well. Empathy is something that everyone has but in different ways. It does show we are more open about certain topics but it always depends on what it is. It is a great thing to have as person because it shows that we are more flexible with others. It is an important thing to have because it is very helpful in certain situations that we come across in our everyday lives. But when we become sympathetic, it does become a problem. It’s okay to show empathy with some things but it has to be showed with control
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