Emotional Intelligence Results

For class this coming Monday, we were asked to complete an Emotional Intelligence quiz, which I new was going to be difficult for me.

I end to be an extremely straight-forward and blunt person, which has definitely gotten me into tough situations before. However, I feel that I treat others the way I want to be treated. I do not want people to beat-around-the-bush with me. Simple and to the point! It takes a lot to truly offended me in a way that it was actually cause disruption to myself and daily activities.

While this tend to be a good personality type, I acknowledge that I am totally unaware of other's emotions. I am basically like talking to a walk at times in terms of empathy and offering advice. When others are stressed or upset and cannot focus on the task at hand, I got frustrated, because I know that is not how I handle those situation. However, it is important for me to work on this weakness. It is good to be honest with one another, but you still need to acknowledge how actions can make others feel.

For our pre-work, we had to do an emotional intelligence quiz. 
My results were

Self Awareness- 6
Self-Management- 8
Social Awareness- 4
Relationship Management- 4

I do feel that these are an accurate representation of myself. I am generally aware and cognizant of how I am feeling, however I try very hard to not let it affect my daily life. I also have good control of myself and know my end goals. I am very disciplined and it is very hard to get me to veer from the path I need to take to reach my goals. This goes along with my relatively low relationship management score, because I can easily remove someone from my life who I do not see as beneficial anymore without a second thought. I can turn my head and continue working on myself and my needs.

As a potential leader, this may not be possible. I need to be able to fix and maintain relationships, not just walk away. I also must be able to analyze my situations and read other's emotions to understand the way I should act in different instances.

I think this class on Monday will be a good start to figuring out how to get a better handle on this emotional intelligence thing, and I am excited to see what my classmates do!