“Emotional Drivers” are psychological factors that influence and motivate human behaviour and decision-making. They are your deep-seated emotional needs or desires that you consciously or unconsciously seek in your life everyday. If your top emotional needs are filled, your “emotional tank” is full. If they are not filled, you feel restless.
The 8 fundamental emotional drivers include the need for:
The ranking of these top emotional drivers is different for everyone, and can change with time, based on your environment, experiences, and especially traumas. Your top emotional drivers can be deciphered through a card game analysis.
Every day, we deal with colleagues, friends and family members who are driven by emotional needs that may be different from ours. Applying the knowledge of emotional drivers will help you to fill the emotional tank of others, thereby improving your ability to communicate more effectively and better build a connection with people with various “emotional drivers”.
Importantly, understanding your top emotional drivers will guide you to make better decisions which aligned more to your authentic self, leading to a more fulfilled life.