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You’re already feeling stressed and worn out, and you haven’t even taken your jacket off yet.  \nGiven the rough start to your day, you’re curt with your medical assistant and, instead of feeling empathy toward your most difficult patients, you feel frustrated by them. By the time your theoretical  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nLisa Goren is a health care executive coach and physician engagement consultant in Portland, Ore. Author disclosure: no relevant financial affiliations disclosed.  \nDownloaded [from www.aafp.org/fpm. Copyright](from www.aafp.org/fpm. Copyright) © 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians. For the private, noncommercial use of one individual user of the website. All other rights reserved. Contact [copyrights@aafp.org](copyrights@aafp.org) for copyright questions and permission requests.  \n|  | lunchtime rolls around, your colleagues and staff are avoiding eye contact and interaction with you. You need to get their buy-in for a new initiative you’ve been asked to lead, but the tension is too thick today and you’re just too busy.\u003Cbr>It’s tough to show up as your best self when your day is filled with frustrationsand increasing demands for your time and |\n| --- | --- |\n| It’s tough\u003Cbr>frustrati | to show up as your best self when your day is filled with ons and increasing demands for your time and attention. |\n|  | attention. Even if you’re normally calm, cool, and collected, you may find yourself reaching your boiling point faster and more furiously than ever. Unending regulations, organizational priorities, and technological demands can turn your medical school fantasy on its head, and the impact of incivility in our culture only exacerbates a system already in peril.1 As a result, you may be feeling at risk of burnout, like so many of your colleagues, and wondering what you can do.2\u003Cbr>While you cannot necessarily control the dysfunctional environment in which you practice, you can control how you respond. In the absence of sweeping institutional and industry change, physicians must look inward to ensure their personal goals and values are pursued each day, despite the obstacles that arise at every turn. An important skill that can help you become more resilient and more effective |\n| KEY POINTS\u003Cbr>• Emotional intelligence (EQ) can help you become more resilient and more effective in the face of unprecedented stress and change.\u003Cbr>• EQ involves the ability to accurately recognize emotions in yourself and others as they are occurring and then manage those emotions to improve relationships and achieve the desired outcome.\u003Cbr>• Tips for building EQ include practicing self-care, pausing before responding to emotional situations, and being curious and asking questions instead of making assumptions. |  |\n\nin the face of the unprecedented stress and change is emotional intelligence.  \nA DIFFERENT KIND OF INTELLECT  \nThe concept of emotional intelligence, or EQ, was introduced in 1990 by psychologists Peter Salovey, PhD, and John D. Mayer, PhD, who defined it as follows:  \n• The ability to perceive emotions—that is, to accurately recognize emotions in yourself and others as they are occurring.  \n• The ability to use emotions to facilitate thinking—that is, to guide you to issues that need your attention.  \n• The ability to understand emotions—their causes, meaning, and relationship to thoughts and behaviors.  \n• The ability to manage emotions to attain specific goals.3  \nAuthor Daniel Goleman expresses the key components of EQ in this way:  \n• Self-awareness—the ability to recognize and understand personal moods, emotions, and drives,  \n• Self-management—the ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods,  \n• Empa","cbCaioaE3nt2D4gf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioaE3nt2D4gf","pdf",854558,"English","# Introduction\n# About the Concept of Emotional Intelligence\n# Building Emotional Intelligence\n## Practical Strategies","[{\"question\":\"How does emotional intelligence help prevent burnout?\",\"answer\":\"EQ helps physicians become more resilient in the face of stress and change by enabling recognition and management of emotions, which supports better relationships and outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"What abilities make up emotional intelligence?\",\"answer\":\"EQ includes perceiving emotions, using emotions to facilitate thinking, understanding emotions, and managing emotions to attain specific goals.\"},{\"question\":\"What are examples of EQ-building strategies mentioned in the article?\",\"answer\":\"The article recommends self-care, pausing before responding to emotional situations, and practicing curiosity by asking questions rather than assuming.\"}]","Ten Strategies for Building Emotional Intelligence and Preventing Burnout | PDF"]