From the course: Communicating with Emotional Intelligence

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Your EQ experiment

Your EQ experiment

- To truly integrate your course learning into your life, review the videos and narrow your focus to two new behaviors. You can do that by making a list of all the behaviors in the course and then asking a trusted, honest friend, "Which two behaviors "would help me build better relationships?" Or you might focus on behaviors that you missed in the Recognizing EI Cues video assessment. Once you've narrowed your focus to two new behaviors, plan your experiment. When will you engage in these behaviors? With whom? What do you plan to say or do? For example, I'm working on reading nonverbal cues and listening without interrupting, so I look at my calendar to find one time each day next week when I can practice these skills, Monday at a faculty meeting, Tuesday when my son comes to dinner, Wednesday when I meet with a new team member. Add reminders right on your calendar to experiment with your new communication tools.…

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