TEST YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, aka EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ) BASED ON 5 EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES: SELF-AWARENESS, MANAGING EMOTIONS, MOTIVATING ONESELF, EMPATHY AND SOCIAL SKILLS.
THIS IS ONE OF MANY EQ SCALES AVAILABLE FOR SELF-TESTING, SO PLEASE VIEW THE RESULTS AS BEING MERELY INFORMATIVE RATHER THAN REVEALING A DIAGNOSIS.
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I- THE TEST FOCUSES ON FIVE AREAS OF EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES:
▪ SELF-AWARENESS (SA)
The ability to recognize what you are feeling, to understand your habitual emotional responses to events, and to recognize how your emotions affect your behavior and performance. When you are self-aware, you see yourself as others see you, and have a good sense of your own abilities and current limitations.
▪ MANAGING EMOTIONS (ME)
The ability to stay focused and think clearly even when experiencing powerful emotions. Being able to manage your own emotional state is essential for taking responsibility for your actions, and can save you from hasty decisions that you later regret.
▪ MOTIVATING ONESELF (MO)
The ability to use your deepest emotions to move and guide you towards your goals. This ability enables you to take the initiative and to persevere in the face of obstacles and setbacks.
▪ EMPATHY (E)
The ability to sense, understand and respond to what other people are feeling. Self-awareness is essential to having empathy with others. If you are not aware of your own emotions, you will not be able to read the emotions of others.
▪ SOCIAL SKILLS (SS)
The ability to manage, influence and inspire emotions in others. Being able to handle emotions in relationships and being able to influence and inspire others are essential foundation skills for successful teamwork and leadership
II – HOW TO SCORE?
Read each statement and decide how strongly the statement applies to YOU. Score yourself based on the following scaling:
1 2 3 4 5
You need to pick a precise number, knowing that:
1 = Does not apply
~ 3 = Applies half the time
~ 5 = Always applies
READY TO GO ON A JOURNEY OF EMOTIONAL SELF-EXPLORATION! LETS’DIVE IN…
SELF-AWARENESS (SA):
1 I realize immediately when I lose my temper
6 I know when I am happy
11 I usually recognize when I am stressed
16 When I am being ’emotional’ I am aware of this
21 When I feel anxious I usually can account for the reason(s)
26 I always know when I’m being unreasonable
31 Awareness of my own emotions is very important to me at all times
36 I can tell if someone has upset or annoyed me
41 I can let anger ‘go’ quickly so that it no longer affects me
46 I know what makes me happy
TOTAL SA:______________________
MANAGING EMOTIONS (ME):
2 I can ‘reframe’ bad situations quickly
7 I do not wear my ‘heart on my sleeve’
12 Others can rarely tell what kind of mood I am in
17 I rarely ‘fly off the handle’ at other people
22 Difficult people do not annoy me
27 I can consciously alter my frame of mind or mood
32 I do not let stressful situations or people affect me once I have left work
37 I rarely worry about work or life in general
42 I can suppress my emotions when I need to
47 Others often do not know how I am feeling about things
TOTAL ME: _____________________
MOTIVATING ONESELF (MO):
3 I am able to always motive myself to do difficult tasks
8 I am usually able to prioritize important activities at work and get on with them
13 I always meet deadlines
18 I never waste time
23 I do not prevaricate
28 I believe you should do the difficult things first
33 Delayed gratification is a virtue that I hold to
38 I believe in ‘Action this Day’
43 I can always motivate myself even when I feel low
48 Motivations has been the key to my success
TOTAL MO:__________________________
EMPATHY (E):
4 I am always able to see things from the other person’s viewpoint
9 I am excellent at empathizing with someone else’s problem
14 I can tell if someone is not happy with me
19 I can tell if a team of people are not getting along with each other
24 I can usually understand why people are being difficult towards me
29 Other individuals are not ‘difficult’ just ‘different’
34 I can understand if I am being unreasonable
39 I can understand why my actions sometimes offend others
44 I can sometimes see things from others’ point of view
49 Reasons for disagreements are always clear to me
TOTAL E: _____________________________
SOCIAL SKILLS (SS):
5 I am an excellent listener
10 I never interrupt other people’s conversations
15 I am good at adapting and mixing with a variety of people
20 People are the most interesting thing in life for me
25 I love to meet new people and get to know what makes them ‘tick’
30 I need a variety of work colleagues to make my job interesting
35 I like to ask questions to find out what it is important to people
40 I see working with difficult people as simply a challenge to win them over
45 I am good at reconciling differences with other people
50 I generally build solid relationships with those I work with
III- INTERPRETING YOUR SCORE
In order to interpret your results, you need to look at the total score of each one of the five emotional competencies separately:
35-40: STRONG: this area is a strength for you
18-34: WEAK: Needs attention
10-17: LACKING. Prioritize the development of this area.
SHARE YOUR SCORES AND DISCUSS THEM WITH YOUR MINDRISE COMMUNITY! YOU WILL FIND IT MORE ENRICHING AND ENJOYABLE
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