The Art of Being Human - An Approach to Human Intelligence Emotional intelligence has been defined, by Peter Salovey and John Mayer, as “the ability to monitor one’s own and other people’s emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior” Last slide is hyperlinked to the song.

Self-esteem is important because it heavily influences people’s choices and decisions. In other words, self-esteem serves a motivational function by making it more or less likely that people will take care of themselves and explore their full potential. The last slide is hyperlinked to a self-esteem test. It can be done on-screen or you can print it out.