Achieving a full and happy life is the goal on which we focus all our efforts and where we put our commitment, the only ones responsible are ourselves and the attitude we choose to face our day to day. Achieving fullness will depend, among other factors, on our interpersonal intelligence, that is, on our ability to communicate and put ourselves in place.
Empathy and the ability to build social relationships are the skills that integrate interpersonal intelligence, which determines, for example, the choice of our friends or partners and is largely responsible for our professional or academic achievements.
- Empathy is the skill that allows us to approach others.
- Understand their emotions.
- Share their concerns or understand their behaviors.
- This is the key to the success of interpersonal relationships.
- To be empathetic is to know how to understand the emotions of those around us.
The skills we develop through social skills are those that we associate with popularity and leadership, correspond to the skills we use to persuade, lead, negotiate, resolve conflicts, cooperate and work as a team, if we observe our environment we can detect this type of intelligence in people with a particular sensitivity, defined social skills and who are generally friendly to everyone around them.
If you’ve decided to improve your social skills and strengthen your relationship with those around you, you should know that there are exercises you can work on that will help you develop your interpersonal intelligence:
? Understanding is fundamental. Faced with a specific situation that makes you uncomfortable with another person, always try to put yourself in their place, look from the other person’s point of view and try to imagine what your feelings would be.
? Learn and listen. When you’re talking to other people, try to focus on how they interrupt us without letting us finish our sentences and fully express our ideas, try to correct this within yourself, if you notice that you don’t let them finish talking. others.
? Have a perspective on yourself. To do this, write an essay that describes you, then ask others what your best friend would do, then try a third time and ask yourself what a stranger would say about you.
? Take the reviews easy. Ask a family member or friend to tell you the negatives of their character. Accept what is true and reject what is not, but always with an open and calm attitude.
? Identify emotions. When witnessing a tense situation or conflict in your family or friends, observe the mood of those involved.
? Get closer to other cultures. Develop interest or read about other customs, beliefs, and values. This will help you better understand those who don’t think like you.
Develop your interpersonal intelligence and it will help you to connect with your feelings and feelings of others. You will improve your ability to build relationships, maintain friendships, and understand those who don’t think like you. This is one of the keys to achieving wholeness.