Four skills for our emotions

Paul Ekman described how we need to learn as much as possible about our emotions. He then describes four skills.

1. Becoming aware of the impulse to act on an emotion, So one can choose if when and how to react.
2. Becoming aware of your running emotional reactions and choosing how to behave in the given situation.
3. Recognising the type and size of emotions 
4. How to respond in the most purposeful way.