How do we understand ourselves better? I’m talking about emotional intelligence. Emotional Intelligence is our capability to recognize our own emotions… and those of others (like in empathy) and our ability to discern between different feelings, and label those feelings, and use that information to guide uor thinking and our behavior, and adjust to situations. It seems to me that emotional intelligence is probably a critical skill for being the best architect you can be… probably even the best partner or best human being you can be.