Class begins April 29. Emotional Intelligence (EI) Core Components, skills and habits. In this course, we will explore the 3 basic core components of Emotional Intelligence. The first is emotional awareness — the ability to identify your own emotions and the emotions of others. The second is the ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks such as thinking and problem solving, and the third is the ability to manage emotions, regulating your own and being able to cheer up others or calm them down when they need it. There are several habits exhibited by emotionally intelligent people.