What is Emotional Intelligence? 04/28/20
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What is Emotional Intelligence?
What are the 4 domains of Emotional Intelligence?
How might having more self-awareness help you before, during, and after a race?
How can "self-management" help you on the journey through swimming or any other long term project you want to do well at?
Is emotional intelligence just for handling bad feelings or can it help us have more good feelings, too?  How?
Daniel Goleman mentioned "Empathy" as one of the 4 domains of emotional intelligence, so let's understand what that is before we move forward.
How is Empathy different than Sympathy?
Why is empathy a "vulnerable choice" and why does it never start with "at least"?  For instance "At least you already have a State cut," or "At least you got to be on a relay," or "At least you (fill in the blank with something about yourself and what you want and how the person standing next to you has that something you want that they don't appreciate so they should't have these feelings but you can have yours..."
How does "being good at empathy" help you be a good teammate and how can you help your friends and teammates when they have a "bad swim" or a "bad meet"?
"Rarely can a response make something better."  What CAN make something better?
Let's learn more about how emotional intelligence from Daniel and why it matters for success:
What does emotional intelligence matter more than intellectual intelligence?
What are all those tests (ACT, SAT, AP) for then?  They do have use and you do need the skills they test for, but the tests are the BEGINNING, not then end, of your successful journey.
This isn't a cartoon or even a video, but I want you to listen anyway.  He's going to share why this "emotional intelligence" matters in sport.
Tremayne says that emotional intelligence is "The ability to respond in certain situations," what types of situations is he talking about?
The ability to be coached without feeling threatened depends on your level of emotional intelligence.   Why is it so hard to take feedback without feeling attacked and just use it to get better?
Not everyone that "coaches" you is "right," but there is always something for you when someone gives you feedback.  What's your  role and responsibility when someone gives you feedback?
Athletes who throw their coaches under the bus lack emotional intelligence.  How do you respond when people tell you something that you do't want to hear?
How do you know when it's the intelligent move to NOT respond?
"If a person can make you angry, they have control over you."  The same goes for other people "making you nervous," or making you feel "less" in any way.  You are the one that gives that power to someone else.  How can you take what others say as feedback without giving them power over your feelings?
The "Ready Room" is where you go before the finals of your race at championship meets, from the age group State meet to the Olympics.  Emotionally intelligence is probably the MOST IMPORTANT skill you can have in this setting and before any race.  Here is a link to a video on what it's like in the Ready Room for elite athletes:  https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/before-competing-olympic-swimmers-wait-in-the-ready-room/2121753/
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The ability to manage the intensity of the emotions you may feel before a race is what allows you to get up and race at your best.  Many races are lost before they even start, many races are won in the ready room.
If you've been in the ready room, what is it like for you and what have you felt?
Have you ever been so psyched out before a race that you weren't able to get up and do your best?  How would being more emotionally intelligent help you to show up ready to be at your best?
I think we all remember Michael Phelps' intensity in the ready room before his 200 Fly in Rio:
And here's a funny interview with Jimmy Fallon, enjoy:
What did you think was funniest or most interesting from this interview about Michael's Olympic experience in Rio?
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