Social intelligence is the capacity to know oneself and to know others.
The original definition by Edward Thorndike in 1920 is "the ability to understand and manage men and women and boys and girls, to act wisely in human relations"
According to Daniel Goleman - Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.
Awareness is about improving social intelligence. If you can not see, hear, or feel the dynamics of a conversation, you can not manage them - John Stoker
How can we Maturing Social Intelligence ?
Let us put these traits on a scale and improve these traits as a maturity journey.
It will take a lot of time moving from scale 0 to scale 5 , which is highest, will help individuals to better in Social Intelligence.
There is something I call social intelligence. You can do a lot in life on your own and you can do all kinds of stuff, but if you're really bad with people, if you're really naive or aggressive and push people away, if you don't know the political environment you're in, it invalidates all the things you know. You're not going to get anywhere. - Robert Greene
