In Part 1 of this series, we explored Self Awareness – the first step in developing Emotional Intelligence. If you haven’t seen that article, you can read it here. The second step in raising your Emotional Intelligence is Self Regulation, defined as: the ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses. Once you’ve become aware of the emotions you’re feeling, and can think about them as they are happening , you’ve opened the door to making choices, not just having reaction