how best can one learn social/emotional intelligence?!

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1. Observation and experimentation. It’s helped me to take an conscious approach to empathy because I’d often only react in conversations, which leads to very shallow interactions.

   So instead, I’d actively go into conversations with the goal of figuring out how to make the other person feel very cared for and important to me (because they were!).

   Learning social or emotional intelligence often enough translates to learning how to be more honest with others about how you care, on making yourself vulnerable.

2. By just being out and about man

3. By giving entirely

4. I struggle with recognizing my emotions, as well as recognizing/responding appropriately to the emotions of others.

   Therapy has helped me get in touch with my own feelings. Being more in touch with my own emotions makes it a little easier to recognize them in other people.

   It also helps when I can talk candidly with someone I trust. Instead of trying to guess their feelings and how I should respond, it’s nice to be able to say, “I’m not sure I’m reading this situation correctly, can you tell me more about what you’re feeling? Do you want empathy or advice?”