¿Where does my worth lie?

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¿Where does my worth lie?

Hello, friends. As usual, I’m sharing a reflective piece on a topic that’s been on my mind: emotional intelligence, and why it’s important to learn it above all else.

A few days ago I was reading a bit of philosophy, specifically Kafka, and his view on productivity and everything inherent to our personal worth when we cease to be useful, and find ourselves facing an existential void in which we ask ourselves: ‘Who am I?’, ‘Where is my worth?’.

(And when faced with this question, we often don’t know how to answer ourselves)

Because nobody teaches us to recognise our true worth beyond a qualification, an accolade or social status.

Instead, we grow up memorising chemical and mathematical formulas which, in the long run, we rarely apply in our lives.

Because academic knowledge is memorised, but emotional intelligence is developed, practised and applied

Because let’s be honest, when was the last time you used that maths formula to solve a personal problem?

Or when was the last time criticism affected you so deeply that you didn’t know how to deal with it?

Whilst it is true that studying, preparing and having academic knowledge is very important, so too is knowing yourself emotionally and understanding your mindset.

Because adult life doesn’t test you with formulas; instead, it puts us to the test with awkward conversations, mistakes, rejections and that constant interaction we face day in, day out

I would have liked to have learnt about my emotional world at school so I could validate my feelings without being ashamed of them, and that would have saved me a lot of headaches.

And that is where the difference lies

Because it is not that academic knowledge is wrong or unnecessary, but rather that it is not the ultimate core of a society that understands itself; that is perhaps why we are currently facing this mental health crisis, where many do not know what to do or how to think when faced with human situations.

Since nobody teaches us how to listen without breaking down, or how to separate what we do from who we truly are.

Because we know more and more about space and everything around us, yet we know little about our emotions and why we feel a certain way.

For me, it should be the other way round: that we first learn to discover who we are, and from that foundation integrate knowledge and studies that lead us to be more consistent between who we are and what we do.

Well, friends, with nothing more to add, I hope you’ve enjoyed this post.

Thank you very much for reading.

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