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The term “emotional intelligence” was first launched in 1990 by psychologists Peter Salovey from Harvard University and John Mayer from the University of New Hampshire to explain the emotional qualities that seem to be important for success.

 Salovey and Mayer defines emotional intelligence or EQ is often referred to as:

 ”a subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor social feelings which involve the ability in others, sifting through all of them and use this information to guide our thoughts and actions.”

 Emotional intelligence was strongly influenced by environmental, non-resident, can be varied at any time. To that end the role of the environment especially parents on childhood greatly influences in the formation of emotional intelligence. Read the rest of this entry »