A component to any healthy relationship is the emotional intelligence of the parties involved. As Army officers, relationships with peers, subordinates, and seniors are tremendously important. Therefore, the emotional intelligence of an officer should be a point of development and reflection. Having recently taken the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue) and reviewed the results, I am generally unsurprised by the results. However, the portion that raised the most interest for me was the analysis of each field and how my score affected those around me. With this survey, I have identified my personality’s strengths and weaknesses which will allow me foster healthier relationships in the future. The results of the TEIQue survey
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Even during times of hardship, I control my emotions and focus on the source of the distress and eliminate it. This also ties back into my optimism but I never weigh myself down with past failures. Even if I fail today, there will always be another tomorrow for me to succeed. Some current development in my academics reflect my resilience towards adversity. A few weeks ago, I received a failing grade on an essay for MX400. I also received a D on my first HI301 (MilArt) WPR. Rather than lament over these failures, I acknowledged the mistakes I made surrounding each failure and challenged myself to do better the next time around. On the next graded event for HI301 and MX400, I received an A- and B-, respectively. My emotional regulation also has its challenges that I must pay attention to in the future. The survey results noted that I might be critical of people who are affected by and show emotion. This is very accurate. I don’t understand why some people choose to get worked up over an issue and sulk about it rather than attempt to correct it. My inability to understand others emotional reactions has hampered my relationships in the past. Early in the semester, my roommate had outbursts of anger when he is doing his homework. He would start throwing things and screaming and pounding his desk. I asked him to calm down and then his anger shifted towards me. We entered a heated discussion and for a few …show more content…
I think most of these shortcomings stem from my general lack of emotion. I feel and communicate either energetic joy or content. I do feel other emotions like sadness, anger, and fear but I would never communicate these to other people. I don’t talk about my emotions because I think they do not add anything to the accomplishment of tasks. I also believe that you should not become emotionally involved your decisions. When others complain about events or circumstances surrounding their lives here at West Point, I become very annoyed because you decided to come to West Point. You put yourself in the position where stuff like this happens; you knew what you were getting yourself into. Some events are not ideal and may detract from other areas of your life, but when you swore the oath on R-Day, you made yourself liable to events like this. I see this type of behavior as a lack of ownership of one’s decisions and the denial of the second and third effects their decisions have. I keep any feelings to myself so they do not interfere with everyday conduct. I am generally happy with the status quo of the relationships I engage in so I do not add anything that would upset that balance, but that generally means I subtract myself from that
Even during times of hardship, I control my emotions and focus on the source of the distress and eliminate it. This also ties back into my optimism but I never weigh myself down with past failures. Even if I fail today, there will always be another tomorrow for me to succeed. Some current development in my academics reflect my resilience towards adversity. A few weeks ago, I received a failing grade on an essay for MX400. I also received a D on my first HI301 (MilArt) WPR. Rather than lament over these failures, I acknowledged the mistakes I made surrounding each failure and challenged myself to do better the next time around. On the next graded event for HI301 and MX400, I received an A- and B-, respectively. My emotional regulation also has its challenges that I must pay attention to in the future. The survey results noted that I might be critical of people who are affected by and show emotion. This is very accurate. I don’t understand why some people choose to get worked up over an issue and sulk about it rather than attempt to correct it. My inability to understand others emotional reactions has hampered my relationships in the past. Early in the semester, my roommate had outbursts of anger when he is doing his homework. He would start throwing things and screaming and pounding his desk. I asked him to calm down and then his anger shifted towards me. We entered a heated discussion and for a few …show more content…
I think most of these shortcomings stem from my general lack of emotion. I feel and communicate either energetic joy or content. I do feel other emotions like sadness, anger, and fear but I would never communicate these to other people. I don’t talk about my emotions because I think they do not add anything to the accomplishment of tasks. I also believe that you should not become emotionally involved your decisions. When others complain about events or circumstances surrounding their lives here at West Point, I become very annoyed because you decided to come to West Point. You put yourself in the position where stuff like this happens; you knew what you were getting yourself into. Some events are not ideal and may detract from other areas of your life, but when you swore the oath on R-Day, you made yourself liable to events like this. I see this type of behavior as a lack of ownership of one’s decisions and the denial of the second and third effects their decisions have. I keep any feelings to myself so they do not interfere with everyday conduct. I am generally happy with the status quo of the relationships I engage in so I do not add anything that would upset that balance, but that generally means I subtract myself from that