From the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.
The book begins with Aristotle’s challenge:
Anyone can become angry — that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way — this is not easy — Aristotle
Emotional Intelligence is not the capability of getting rid of being angry, as I’d assumed. The moment I bought this book, I said to myself “Get this book and say goodbye to grief, anxiety, anger..”. Foolish me. :p
PART ONE: What are emotions for?
Our emotions guide us in facing predicaments and tasks too important to leave to intellect alone — danger, painful loss, persisting toward a goal despite frustrations, distinctive readiness to act
The very root of emotion is motere, the Latin verb “to move”, plus “e” = away, suggesting that a tendency to act is implicit in every emotion
There.. Emotions are not only natural sequences of advents, but also guidance for us to make the next move. Take anger:
With anger the blood flows to the hands, making it easier to grasp a weapon or strike at a foe; heart rate increases, and a rush of hormones such as adrenaline generates a pulse of energy strong enough for vigorous action
I once thought that my anger was very extreme, that I couldn’t do anything right when I was angry. No, it wasn’t the anger that came in the wrong time or the wrong place. “To do something right” is determined by our rational mind, and it might have nothing to do with the emotional mind (The two minds - head and heart). Look at the brain:
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