A therapist shares the biggest mistake people with low emotional intelligence make: 'It always backfires'

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A therapist shares the biggest mistake people with low emotional intelligence make: 'It always backfires'
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A therapist shares the biggest mistake people with low emotional intelligence make. (via CNBCMakeIt)

People with low emotional intelligence often make the mistake of only recognizing and exercising their own emotional strengths. As a result, they fail to truly connect with their environment and the people around them — and it always backfires in one way or another.

Alex had, in effect, lost credibility and trust with his team, so everything around him had started to unravel. At first it was slow, but like water swirling around a drain, it started to move more and more quickly. It failed for a predictable reason: telling someone to change without helping them to change their environment rarely leads to success. If you wanted to quit eating junk food, for example, would you continue to buy chips and candy? Or would you try to change what's in your kitchen?

...telling someone to change without helping them to change their environment rarely leads to success. Alex began to see the value in feedback and recognized that it was key to keeping him from avoiding issues. Avoiding the hard stuff was his emotional reaction — and it was a reaction rooted in fear.

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