Emotional intelligence is being smart with feelings. It requires tuning into emotional data, making sense of that data, and integrating it into your decision-making.

The Six Seconds EQ Model provides a process for using emotions to make the best possible decisions. This model is intended to help you increase EQ to get optimal results from your relationships with yourself and others. The formal, scientific, definition of emotional intelligence comes from Dr. Peter Salovey and Dr. John Mayer who say emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions.

In addition to the articles to the right and our blog, try...

EQ in Action, from the book At the Heart of Leadership, shows how the Six Seconds EQ Model applies to leading.

The Emotoscope to help you learn about feelings and their meanings.

The Digital Value Sorter for insight into what matters and how you're living your values

For an overview of emotional intelligence models, definitions, and history, read Emotional WHAT? for an overview of the theory.

The Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence test (SEI™) is an excellent starting point for self-development with a clear orientation to our model.

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