Influence Of Emotional Intelligence

The narrator does not like Sonny because how Sonny is not planning for his future and the narrator thinks that Sonny could not make living off playing music. Sonny always tries to explain to his brother that he wants to make his career in a music, but his brother never tries to understand him. The narrator realizes that what Sonny wants to explain him whole time when Sonny made a live performance at the nightclub. When Sonny was living with his brother in the apartment he told his brother all he wanted to have someone listen to him in his life, saying “you realize nobody’s listening. So you’ve got to listen. You got to find a way to listen” (114). Sonny’s brother finally listen to him with full attention because he is seeing how happy Sonny is when he plays piano in the nightclub. One of the reasons the narrator realizes why Sonny loves playing music was when he heard Sonny’s performance from other people and notices this, when Creole tells that the blues gave a “tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness” (117). The narrator notice how free his brother Sonny flees by watching his performance, saying “freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us to be free if we listen,

Sonny 's Blues is a short story that was written by James Baldwin. The story has a number of conflicts but the main conflict that is explained in the story is communication between Sonny and his brother who is not named in the story and finding means to understand each other. The two brothers have different passion where playing jazz was Sonny 's passion and teaching algebra was his brother ‘s passion. The two brothers are separated by a number of factors such as their environments, cultural issues not forgetting the emotional detachment that existed between them. This paper will analyze the conflict and whether it was resolved at the end of the story (Baldwin, 2010).

In the book Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen, one of the biggest focal points is mental illness. Mental illness can be tough to talk about, simply because the phrase “mental illness” encompasses such a wide range of conditions and conjures up images of deranged people, but it is very important, especially in this book. There is a certain stigma that people who are put into mental hospitals because they have medical problems or are insane and a possible danger to society. While this is sometimes true, it is far more common for patients to need help for a disorder, but just don’t know where to go or what to do, and can end up putting themselves or someone else in danger.

Even though one knows what they want to communicate-they still have problems getting it out. Throughout the story of Sonny’s Blues, it shows that people should learn to express themselves clearly or befall many difficulties in their life. This can relate to the reader 's own experiences of trying to express themselves and having difficulties when they cannot. This can be shown through Sonny 's youth as a teen when he tries to explain himself. This is also shown through the brother 's actions between one another. Throughout the story it reveals how self-expression is difficult for people and can lead to trouble and/or miscommunication which can cause problems. Such as misunderstanding when someone wants to say something.

Anna Quindlen in the article, “The C Word in the Hallway” argues that mental illness don’t get enough awareness or help that it actually needs. Quindlen supports her argument by using similes, tone and bias’ to state that many teachers are not trained to recognize mental illness and so some just dismiss it and so that leaves “over two thirds of the mentally disturbed children without any help”. Insurance also does not aid in covering the costs because “health insurance plans do not provide coverage for necessary treatment”, or if they do then they think that they should “penalize those who need a psychiatrist instead of an oncologist”. The author's purpose in writing this was to inform people about the scary reality that many kids and teens face today and to argue that it is nothing to joke about and that it needs to be taken seriously.  The author writes in a formal tone for parents, teens, and other adults to be aware of the seriousness of mental illness in teenagers.

This author’s (hereafter known as therapist) goals for the session was to create a safe place for An to experience herself and be accepted, without the constraints of therapeutic direction. This therapist chose to utilize Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) for a multitude of reasons. Among the most important is this therapist’s intuition that what An needed, was to be given the freedom to experience herself as strong and competent. In CCPT,“The play therapist’s objective is to relate to the child in ways that will release the child’s inner-directional, constructive, forward-moving, creative, self-healing power” (Landreth, 2011, pp. 54-55). CCPT proposes that the child has all the internal tools they need to be successful,

Emotional intelligence is an important factor which influences an individual success in their life (Ishak, Chiu, Rahim, Mahat, Hashim, Mutalib and Jdaitawi, 2013). “Intellectual intelligence contributes only 20% to one’s success while the remaining 80% of a person’s success in life is contributed by emotional and social intelligence” (Goleman, 1997). Yusof and Yaacob (2012) had mentioned that in their study that “Emotional intelligence is one of the main aspects of the National Education Philosophy”. Through the National Education Philosophy the important for emotional intelligence is extremely obvious and essential as intellectual intelligence and spiritual intelligence. If the students possess positive emotions towards their course, they

In the call to write, it references how one should put his or her judgment aside, so that he or she can unbiasedly interpret the text or commercial. Also, it’s important to determine the genre, audience, purpose, and situation when one is comprehending what he or she is reading. For the first article, “The Media is Perpetuating a Dangerous Myth About Mental Illness” by Lindsay Holmes, the genre of the text is an informational article. The article was written for all people, but mostly for young adults and older adults that watch tv. This audience was chosen, because they’re in a better position to interpret the message and the effects of how mental illness is depicted in the media. The purpose of the article is to explain how media furthers the stigma on mental illness and its correlation to violence. The situation of the article is negating the research found that links mental health conditions to violence towards other people in over a third of all news stories (Holmes). Unfortunately, statistics prove that whenever mental illness makes an appearance in the media, it’s accompanied with acts of violence. According to the article “Changes in Mental Illness Stigma in California During the Statewide Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Initiative,” “more

“The Center Cannot Hold” is written by Elyn Saks who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. In this autobiography Elyn Saks tells her story about dealing with mental illness. She details her journey throughout her childhood and school years. She sets an example of how she moved pass her diagnosis with schizophrenia and used her career to bring attentiveness. She provides a descriptive account of how mental illness, can affect anyone.

{all needs re-edited} Mental health is a controversial topic in many countries, especially the treatment of patients. The media often depicts the mentally ill as people in straight jackets.

This paper will report on Nina Sayer, the main character in the movie Black Swan. It will attempt to describe and explain the biological, psychological and social elements that influenced the onset and progression of Nina’s battle with schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Section one of this paper will provide a summary of the movie as well as a social profile of the main character in the movie. It will also discuss how the filmmaker, Darren Aronofsky, presented the symptoms and the causes of these disorders —and how accurate he portrayed them. In section two, the paper will provide academic research that will focus on the biological, psychological, and social influences of the subjects disorder. In section three, the paper will shed light on how the writer’s faith perspective explains the cause and treatment of the disorder profiled in this investigation. Lastly, the paper will summarize the final thoughts of the author in the conclusion section.

Emotional intelligence refers to a person’s abilities to perceive, identify, understand, and successfully manage emotions in self and others. Being emotionally intelligent means being able to effectively manage ourself and our relationships. A leader need a high degree of emotional intelligence to regulate their emotions and motivate others.

While the topic of mental health awareness has recently been introduced, the roots of mental illnesses run deep into history. Mental illnesses, also called mental disorders, are a wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. Many people with mental illnesses are now fighting to increase awareness of disorders like depression and anxiety, and some argue that the best way to educate about mental illnesses is to teach about it in school. By educating about mental illnesses in schools, activists are hoping to increase understanding about the topic and prevent teenagers who have mental illnesses from feeling alone.

Today there has been an increase in the awareness of mental health. In the sense that society has begun to take notice of how mental health effects each individual differently. The media has begun to incorporate a variety of illnesses to entertain to their audience. However, many have questioned if the media is accurately portraying these mental disorders. I chose to compare two popular movies Frankie & Alice and the 2007 version film Sybil. Both movies describe the progression of two women who were both diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorders. According to Comer (2015), “people with dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder, have two or more separate identities that may not always be aware of each other’s

Searching for the words “Emotional Intelligence” in (thesaurus.com, 2018), would give the meaning; “the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically”. Emotional intelligence is the key to both personal and professional success. In many years, emotional intelligence has been considered as a requirement in order to achieve effective leadership (Yusof, et al, 2014). This essay will discuss the definition of emotional intelligence and explain it in depth, it will preview and explain the four areas of emotional intelligence, how these areas are used, and then will explain a bit of leadership and how can leadership be effective mentioning some of the areas of