Assessing your Emotional Intelligence

Quiz: Assessing your emotional intelligence

1. Are you tolerant of experiencing feelings -that include anger, sadness, fear, disgust, and joy?                                                                                       
   
2. Do you experience emotions as physical sensations—in your stomach, chest, shoulders, or elsewhere?                                                                     
   
3. Do your feelings flow freely during the day—are there times when you’re happy and playful; others when you’re sad or mad? Do you find yourself frightened rather than mad if someone cuts in front of your car?                                                                                                                  
   
4. Are you able to experience intense feelings, or do you tried to numb them? Do you alter your feelings into more acceptable emotions?               
   
5. Do you know how to calm down when you feel overwhelmed?                                                                                                                              
   
6. Do you use emotional feedback in your decision-making processes? When something sounds good, but feels bad, do you give it a second thought?                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
   
7. Are you able to comfortably talk about your emotions?                                                                                                                                        
8. Do your emotions help you communicate more effectively?                                                 
   

If your answers were not mostly positive, your emotions are likely turned down.