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Objectives of the workshop include discussing the concept and significance of emotional intelligence, recognizing its four core components, and enhancing abilities to recognize and understand emotions and manage social interactions.

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the cognitive ability that facilitates interpersonal behavior, comprising emotional, personal, and social knowledge and abilities that influence one's overall ability to succeed in coping with environmental demands and pressures.

Emotional intelligence builds better teamwork, creates better self-awareness, builds better working relationships, creates career longevity, and creates better social skills.

Emotional intelligence consists of four core components, which are not specified in the text.

Self-awareness is a key component of emotional intelligence, and it can be developed through activities such as the "Wheel of Life".

Self-management involves cultivating curiosity, enlisting partners, taking control of oneself, and developing self-control.
Cultivating curiosity involves being open to new ideas and experiences.
Enlisting partners involves seeking help and support from others.
Taking control of oneself involves taking responsibility for one's actions and emotions.
Tips to develop self-control include:
- Taking deep, cleansing breaths to calm down.
- Changing one's environment to focus on something different.
- Paying attention to one's workspace.
- Eating nutritious food.
- Doing something completely different to distract oneself.
- Keeping something that makes one laugh in their office.
- Focusing on relationships and engaging in fun activities.

Mustafa, a Senior Safety Manager, struggled with self-management and was perceived as "distant" or "cold" by his employees due to his inability to share his personal struggles with them.

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