Speech Outline Template Name: General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade people to take care of their emotional intelligence Practice Time Average: 1 hour I. Introduction A. How much time do we spend training our emotional intelligence? Yes, emotional intelligence is a crucial aspect that can be taught, enhanced, and improved. B. Imagine how many times you have faced situations in which your emotions dominate you and cause mistakes and bad decisions that you have made. C. If we dedicate a part of our time to training our emotional abilities and intelligence, we will probably have a great result when we face a difficult situation following pre-established patterns in our behavior. Transition: Understanding that we don't have to submit to emotions all the time and improve our emotional intelligence skills can be a game-changer. II. Body A. Human beings are emotional. 1. We must understand those specific natural laws will not be defeated by rationality. Human beings are rational, but we are also emotional, and this aspect sometimes makes us pass through hard times when we do not make the right decisions. 2. Humans are emotional due to their instincts; that is why anxiety, depression, and several emotions are hard to understand. But we do not have to try to dominate them; we need to learn how to live with them. 3. The breaking point is the comprehension that emotions should flow and cannot be rationalized. The more we try to force our feelings to exist or stop existing, the more we get trapped emotionally. Transition: Comprehending that human are emotional is the first step to achieving practical, emotional intelligence abilities. B. Emotional Intelligence 1. Emotional intelligence has been underestimated our whole life. Understanding that we can train our mental health and emotional abilities is a complex and challenging experience, bringing excellent outcomes. 2. Emotional intelligence can be improved through coaching sessions, psychological therapy o even reading books. There is no limit to the sources of knowledge; we should just select the head that best fits our functional system. 3. Breaking the stigma of taking care of mental health or emotional abilities due to the fear of getting out of our comfort zone is the first step of transcending in our personal life. Establishing a method of training our mental abilities will lead to a path where our emotions will no longer limit us. Transition: Emotions can be well handled, and emotional intelligence can be trained, C. Habits as mechanism of emotional intelligence improvement 1. When we talk about habits, we must take into consideration what patterns are. They are a small amount of small ordinary actions and decisions that will enormously impact our lives. Good habits can make us the best version of ourselves, but bad habits can destroy our life. 2. Establishing habits is not an essay task; accomplishing a simple job as a habit can find its failures. But the important thing is to start over again; as a fact, that is the best emotional intelligence habit that we can work out. 3. Emotional intelligence habits can be, for example, meditation, reading emotional intelligence books daily. Also, many small actions such as forgiving in silence, praying for people who have harmed us, and having spiritual guidance can be emotional intelligence that will help us maintain calm. Transition: Humans are emotional, but the effects of the emotions in ourselves can be trained and improved, III. Conclusion A. People cannot be wholly emotional or entirely rational; it is naturally impossible. B. Training emotional intelligence to conquer an equilibrium between emotions and our rational aspects is a great outcome. C. Emotional intelligence changes cannot be obtained drastically because this can represent significant harm to emotions. D. Having little daily progress on emotional intelligence through good habits will result in the equilibrium we are looking for.