EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE • PERSONAL GROWTH
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE • PERSONAL GROWTH 7 Things Emotionally Mature People Do Differently Emotional maturity is not about never getting angry, hurt, disappointed, or frustrated. It is about learning what to do with those emotions. By Edwin Ogie • Edwin Ogie Library Growing older is automatic. Growing emotionally is not. A person can be forty years old and still respond to conflict with the emotional habits of a teenager. Another person can experience pain, rejection, disappointment and criticism and gradually learn how to handle those experiences with wisdom. That is the difference between simply getting older and becoming emotionally mature. “Emotional maturity is not the absence of strong emotions. It is the ability to respond to those emotions wisely.” What Is Emotional Maturity? Emotional maturity is the ability to recognise your ...