Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been an important and controversial topic during the last few
decades. Its significance and its correlation with many domains of life has made it the
subject of expert study. EI is the rudder for feeling, thinking, learning, problem-solving, and
decision-making. In this article, we present an emotional–cognitive based approach to the
process of gaining emotional intelligence and thus, we suggest a nine-layer pyramid of
emotional intelligence and the gradual development to reach the top of EI.