| When characterizing persons relative to the others we | | | | unintelligent persons: |
| often use bipolar terms like "tall- short", "lazy- | | | | - they are unaware of their impact on the others; |
| hardworking", "bold- coward", and so on. In the same | | | | - when getting angry or anxious, they cannot account |
| vein, we speak about emotionally intelligent and | | | | for they state; |
| unintelligent individuals. We can recognize | | | | - they poorly mange their negative emotions, especially |
| representatives of both categories by means of their | | | | in stressful situations; |
| actions and behaviors. Low emotional self-awareness | | | | - they tend to be self-centered; |
| is a mark of the latter class and signals low emotional | | | | - transmit their negative feeling to the others, bringing |
| intelligence. This determines a non-synchronization with | | | | the worst in them; |
| the others and makes emotionally unintelligent persons | | | | - they don't easily integrate or mingle with new people |
| feel overwhelmed or clueless when facing crisis | | | | and new relationships; |
| situations. They don't know why they run into various | | | | - they cannot efficiently connect their emotions, |
| difficulties throughout their lives and are prone to panic | | | | behavior and thoughts; |
| and rash decisions. They have poor problem-solving | | | | - fail to understand the others' feelings in various |
| skills and lose touch with their life goals, which creates | | | | situations; |
| a general mood of unhappiness. | | | | - they have a propensity towards overestimating their |
| Acting upon impulse, possessing inadequate social skills | | | | skills and abilities; |
| and low empathy abilities, people with low emotional | | | | - are aimless and directionless in life because do not a |
| intelligence represent their own worst enemy. Such | | | | clear set of goals; |
| deficits significantly influence their lives in a negative | | | | - are inclined to first see the bad aspects of a situation; |
| way, creating difficulties such as poor maintenance of | | | | - don't adapt to change too well; |
| relationships with people, troublesome job promotions, | | | | - people usually avoid them; |
| unsatisfactory intimate relationships, inadequate dealing | | | | - when communicating with others, they are either |
| with stressful situations. The most important aspect | | | | overly passive or overly aggressive. |
| that one should bear in mind is that intellectually smart | | | | The good part is that emotional intelligence skills can be |
| persons aren't necessarily emotionally intelligent. On the | | | | acquired with a little bit of training and coaching. |
| contrary, they might have a low level of such skills. | | | | Therefore, emotionally unintelligent persons are not |
| Here are the major "symptoms" of emotionally | | | | hopeless. |