Self-Assessment Of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Skills

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On the ‘Emotional Intelligence’ assignment, I find it very clear and straight forward; therefore, this journal will be kept simple. According to the Applied Exercise: Self-Assessment of Emotional intelligence (EQ) Skills, although my results are solid across the board, my weakness is Emotional and Self-awareness, not because there’s a lack of emotional control, but rather based on intolerance. Not that my emotional and self-awareness is terrible, this weakness derives from telling others my true feelings and being impatient with non-sense. The older I get, the more impatient I become, because seeing people waste precious time that will never return, creates intolerance; after all, I work extremely hard, my parents do and their generation as

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