We all have moments where our emotions get the best of us,
whether it's a hard conversation at work or a hard conversation at home.
If you want to have more effective communication,
you have to increase your emotional intelligence.
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Emotional intelligence isn't just a buzzword.
It is something that can transform the way you communicate,
how you understand the other person, and more importantly, how you understand yourself.
Emotional intelligence, I like to think of it as emotional fluency.
In other words, I'm fluent the language of my emotions.
I can recognize my emotions, I can speak my emotions,
and I can better identify those emotions in other people.
And by increasing your emotional intelligence,
you take more control over how you feel and how you can guide the interaction in the conversation.
And I'm going to tell you how to do that in three easy steps.
Number one, use the phrase I need.