“Emotional intelligence accounts for 80% of success in life. ” At least that’s how Daniel Goleman thinks. Positive emotional intelligence can therefore be the key to finding what we really dream of.
The philosopher César Ojeda, from studies in the field of emotional intelligence and positive psychology of big names such as Goleman, Fromm or Rojas, tried to explain what this union was so much able to contribute to his life.
- According to Ojeda.
- Emotions still seem irrational given Western thought structures.
- It is as if we have to behave as absolutely rational beings.
- However.
- This quasi-technological view of the human being.
- Which could very well become a machine.
- Seems to disappear over time.
- Still.
- The separation of reason and emotions.
- When not confronted.
- Persists.
In fact, it persists so much that we continue to operate in a vital industrialized environment where everything is moving very fast, in this situation terms such as efficiency and efficiency mean personal, social and professional success.
To this must be added the advent of social networks, from now on the worldview of an individual may vary depending on their status on Facebook or comments on Twitter, however, all this leaves aside other issues such as love , feelings, equality and even unity.
Many have studied the impact of new trends on contemporary society. As we have already said, the names already mentioned as Fromm or Goleman add to others of Frankl’s importance. Apparently, everyone came to a fundamental conclusion: getting to know each other well. Something that, although you might think is common sense and too simple, has a perfectly logical explanation.
Remember that man, as a human being, is always the same, in fact, what changes are historical and social circumstances, but we, as physical beings, remain the same as always.
Therefore, positive emotional intelligence remains as valid today as it could have been 2000 or 100 years ago and offers the ability to learn to perceive, understand and manage one’s emotions with wisdom and success.
Thus, all these thinkers and psychologists regard emotions as something intrinsic and specific to the human being, they enter the field of reason, so that they can be channeled to obtain great benefits on an individual and social level, so emotions are not enemies of reason, but ideal tools to reach the full potential that each carries in it. In this way, we can lead a healthier, more harmonious and fuller life.
The combination of a wise reason and a broad emotional spectrum is perfect for dealing with any adversity that arises, is it not at the end of the day that we know how to deal with problems a fundamental key to success?
If we can combine emotional intelligence, with its emphasis on wisdom to face the world, with the positivism of the individual who always wants to improve as much as possible, we will end up with a happier human being.
Both Ojeda and the psychologists whose research takes as a reference propose to forget a little the contemporary aspiration of the sophisticated and modernized professional. We don’t have to assemble the right mussels, but adapt the mussels to the man.
That’s why positive emotional intelligence is an ideal tool to find the fullness of life. Forget the excessive cosification of man and the pursuit of high professionalism. According to the authors, the key to success may be in the wise combination of reason and emotions.