1. Tiffany Malcolm
Keys to Success
Emotional Intelligence Journal Assignments
You will submit this document at the end of the term
Directions:
Each Emotional Intelligence Journal corresponds with a chapter in your book. There are
12 chapters and you will complete 12 Journal entries. Go to each page to answer the
questions for each Journal in this document. For example, under Emotional Intelligence
Journal 1 (page 24 in your book), read each question in your book and place your answers
in this document. (DO NOT complete “Real-Life Writing”)
Chapter 1- (page 26) Emotional Intelligence Journal - How you are feeling now
The feelings I have right now about college is that I am very eager to learn. I’m basically
on the work, work, work, mind frame, so I can do what I have to do and stay focus. These
feelings remind me that I need to stay focus so I can get my degree and provide for my
family like I am determined to do.
I am also shy and I would like to join organizations that can help me with networking and
learning how to socialize with different people, however I don’t have enough time to join
ones that require a lot of extra time. But one goal is for me to at least get a good GPA to
where I am able to join the Honor Society at least.

2. Chapter 2 - (page 58) Emotional Intelligence Journal– How you feel about your time management
My most time demanding activities would have to be being a full time mother,
wife and student. Sometime I feel a bit overwhelm. But I have learned to manage my
time to where I don’t stress myself out as much. For instance, when my kids are at
school and I am at home I do homework first and then in between subjects I do my
house duties such as cleaning and cooking.
I am most satisfied when I know I have completed all my task that I have planned
for myself. However when I don’t complete my task in a timely matter and I have to do
homework while my kids are up, it kind of puts a strain on me a little bit since I have
very young kids and it’s kind of hard watching them and doing homework at the same
time.
My feelings tell me that I should continue to manage my schedule. Looking at my
planner every day after class when I get home and every night before bed lets me know
what I have to do and how to arrange my day of work.

3. Chapter 3 – (page 87) Emotional Intelligence Journal– Your interactions with others
I believe I get along with people that are open and like to have fun; however I am
not really a people person with people that are loud and extremely outgoing. People that
have the same type of goals or personality as myself I feel comfortable around where as
people that are shy I feel that I have nothing to talk about since I’m a talkative person.
Since I have learned about emotional intelligence I believe from now on I can
adjust my mind frame to be more open with people that are shy. Maybe they are shy
because they don’t believe we would have anything in common however once I start a
conversation with them and we talk about what our interest are we will find something
that is a common interest and might open a friendship. I have learned also that you
should never assume about a person but analyze the situation and think about how
would you feel and then react on that part.

4. Chapter 4 - (page 120) Emotional Intelligence Journal – Make a wiser choice
One decision that I made that I should have handled different is having a baby at
a young age. I choose to have my daughter really because I felt that I was grown
enough and that I would be a great mom and that abortion was not an option. When I
choose this decision, it came with a lot of stress. I did not think about the financial state
as much as I should have, or the stress that would come upon being a young teen
mother also.
After thinking about the situation a little further, I would have still kept my
daughter but I would have been a hard working parent. Not letting go jobs because
everything was handed to me. I would have work beyond measures, even when I was
pregnant so I, my husband and daughter would not have had the struggle that we have
had on our life. But in the end everything happens for a reason and it has made me a
stronger woman and more determined than I ever thought I would be.

5. Chapter 5 - (page 156) Emotional Intelligence Journal– Reading challenges
The current course the presents my most difficultly in reading would be my
psychology class. The type of material that I have to learn and the fact that the
professor is not in depth doesn’t help at all. I am a visual person, so without graphics
and on hands imaging it is hard for me to grasp the concept of what needs to be taught.
When reading the course required readings I start to feel overwhelm and I start to
become negative about the assignments and work, which makes me not want to do
them. I honestly believe I give up to easily if I don’t understand what I am supposed to
read. One thing I have learned from this chapter is that when I get to words I do not
understand or that I am confused about its ok to stop and look up the word means, that
way I am teaching myself to become an active reader.

6. Chapter 6 - (page 184) Emotional Intelligence Journal– Understanding your needs and making changes
My psychology course I started out having problems taking notes effectively. The
teacher’s pace is ok however its most notes and some of the notes that are written
aren’t use on test. So I had to learn what notes were useful and what notes were not so
that I can keep up with the teacher’s pace of talking because I also write slowly.
Three note taking systems that can help me in this class would be using outlines,
using visual strategies, and using short hand. This way I am able to write down all the
notes I need to at a speed that would keep me at the teacher’s pace.

7. Chapter 7- (page 218) Emotional Intelligence Journal– How feelings connect study success
My psychology midterm was very stressful. To get through the test all I could
think about was that it was a requirement to graduate and that my kids were my
motivation. My kids having a better life was all I could think about and it set my
mind straight that I needed to focus so I can give them what I wanted them to
have.

8. Chapter 8- (page 252) Emotional Intelligence Journal – Test types

9. Chapter 9 - (page 281) Emotional Intelligence Journal – Your experience with prejudice
I personally have not been discriminated against, but I know thatmy boyfriend
has on several occasions. One time being after President Obama had one the election
we were in the store and this guy came in to apply for a job and after seeing a whole
bunch of African Americans in the store, he said so loudly I don’t think I can work here
with all these niggers in here, they coming from everywhere now that they have a black
president.
I honestly don’t think I can come up with a outline to help that situation out, it was
shocking that many people are really still prejudice in such ways.

10. Chapter 10 - (page 312) Emotional Intelligence Journal – Addiction
I think many people get the word addiction misconstrued. Addiction meaning you can’t
go a day without a certain thing. I never judge a person with a addiction because you
don’t know what they may be going through for them to use that addiction to relieve
themselves.
If a close family member had an addiction, I probably would probably make it aware to
them, because sometimes a person is unaware how much they use a product when
they are trying to escape from whatever is bothering them. Then I would try to get them
counseling and medical care so we can bring out the reason on why they are addicted
to that substance.

11. Chapter 11 - (page 342) Emotional Intelligence Journal – You and credit
I am not an actual credit user. I have prepaid cards that way I am certain that I do
not spend what I do not have. When it comes to bills, I try to pay full balances if I can,
and I try to be on time for the most part. I really cannot relate to this journal because I
do not have credit cards.
However I feel if I did have one I would be a person that would use for
emergencies and credit card bills are one thing that will have to be paid in full on time.
Credit is a big thing to me and I do not want to ruin my credit scores.

12. Chapter 12 - (page 369) Emotional Intelligence Journal – Revisit your personal mission
My personal mission is the same to go into the medical field as a office admin at first
and then study into becoming a midwife. My kids are still my main focus on why I want
to do so. I believe that after this class I am more focus on what needs to get done. I
have learned how to take notes and how to study so I can succeed a little better and do
great in my classes so I am able to graduate.