Independence is part of the self-expression building block of emotional intelligence, along with emotional expression and assertiveness. I covered emotional expression in my last post and my next post will be on assertiveness. What is Independence? Are you self-directed and self-controlled? Are you free of emotional dependency? Independence is the ability to make decisions on [...]
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Emotional Expression: How Open Are You in Expressing Your Feelings?
September 12, 2012 – Posted in: Emotional IntelligenceSelf-Expression is another composite of the EQ-i framework. You can look at it as the flip side of the Self-Perception, and it is about how we choose to express to the outside world what goes on inside ourselves. Self-Expression includes three competencies: Emotional Expression, Independence and Assertiveness. This post is about Emotional Expression and I’ll [...]