EQ Over IQ: 6 Ways Emotional Intelligence Boosts Student Success

It’s a general perception that to thrive in life and advice success, children need to have a good IQ. However, there’s one of the most overlooked factors that can help every student to achieve success in every aspect of life is called Emotional Quotient (EQ). It’s the ability that lets an individual not only manage their emotions but also be able to understand other emotions and respond according to them.

According to a recent survey by eqforchildren.com, it has been found out that 80% of student’s success dependent on Emotional intelligence. EQ helps students to develop in every aspect of life such as-

• Academic performance
• Peer with Relationship
• Success in every aspect of life

If you also want your students to be equipped with emotional intelligence, which makes them capable of dealing with any challenging situations and thriving in every aspect of life, then we have got you covered.

In this blog post, we will be sharing how emotional intelligence in different ways can boost student’s success in every aspect of their life in detail.

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What is Emotional Intelligence?

Emotional intelligence is the ability that helps an individual to manage and identify their thought and feelings. It also helps an individual to express their emotions more positively and effectively. By becoming more aware of their emotions and being in the right emotional state, individuals can

• Resolve any conflict
• Reduce their anxiety and stress
• Improve decision-making
• Improve communication style
• Improve relationship

Every teacher should take the responsibility to teach and inculcate emotional intelligence during the childhood phase of students where they grow both emotionally and physically. It will help children to develop social and emotional skills, which will help them to navigate how they feel, their actual selves, and set clear expectations when interacting with their peers or others.

Ways Emotional Intelligence Boosts Student Success

Let’s get to know some of the top benefits of developing emotional intelligence in students-

1. Improved Self-Awareness Level

One of the major benefits of teaching and help developing emotional intelligence in students is that it helps develop self-awareness. It will help students to recognize their own emotions, thoughts, and values that influence their every action. This will help students to figure out their strengths and weaknesses and instil a growth and optimistic mindset.

In most scenarios, children don’t even know why feel certain emotions like- sad or angry. By helping students to emotional intelligence, it helps them be aware of their feelings and different triggers. It also helps them to take a pause and think of a proper response rather than reacting impulsively.

2. Improved Academic Performance and Behaviours

It’s very common for children to feel various emotions in their academic journey. Like-

• Getting bored during a particular subject
• During the examination, children may feel anxiety and nervousness
• Get upset because of poor performance in their academics

All these negative feelings and emotions can negatively impact their confidence. However, children with higher emotional intelligence will be able to recognize the root cause of negative emotions and thoughts, which help them positively deal with them. It also helps children to self-regulate their emotions.

3. Help In Self-Regulation

It’s very common that students may make mistakes and errors in their academics. However, for proper growth in their academic journey, self-regulation is a vital step, that helps them to reflect on their mistakes, thoughts, needs, and experiences.

Through self-reflecting students can apply those learning’s in both their academic and personal life. Self-regulation will not only help students achieve academic performance but also develop healthy habits and complete any set goals and tasks.

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4. Improve Relationship-building & Communication skills

Children with higher emotional intelligence with time develop compassion, which helps them to understand their peer's thoughts and feelings, which helps them to form long-lasting relationships. This also makes students more supportive of their peers by understanding their emotions and feelings.

Emotional intelligence also makes students more capable of sharing their ideas and opinions clearly which makes them better at communication and interpersonal skills.

5. Improve Problem-Solving Skills

Children with higher emotional intelligence become capable of analyzing every situation in a better way. Emotional intelligence helps students stay calm in every challenging situation, which ultimately helps them to become a better problem-solver. Students with developed emotional intelligence help them to understand their emotions and also improve their decision-making skills.

6. Improvement In Managing Stress

Nowadays, students have to deal with plenty of stressful situations such as-

• Academic Performance
• Classwork
• Homework
• Relationship with Peers, etc.

All these situations cause lots of stress and anxiety to students, which negatively impacts student’s academic and personal life. However, those students who know how to manage their stress and will not let stress affect their academic performance and personal life.

Developing Emotional Intelligence Is The Key to student’s Success

In our education system, we always tend to focus more on developing student’s IQ (Intelligent Quotient) rather than their EQ (Emotional Quotient). However, Emotional intelligence or emotional quotient can set a solid foundation for students to achieve success. In the above blog post, we have shared various ways of how emotional intelligence can significantly boost the student’s success.

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