EI Base Camp Self-Check & Sort
Use this activity after your Base Camp day to reflect, sort examples, and create a plan for real-world application.
1) Watch and Notice
As you watch, track the five ideas from the video and jot one real example from your Base Camp day.
Video map: Know Yourself Emotionally (0:30), Learn Your Triggers (0:59), Empathize (1:26), Own Your Emotions (2:06), Listen to Your Body (2:38).
2) Video-Aligned EI Self Check (0–10)
Rate yourself on each specific point from the video based on today’s team activities.
Average EI score: 5.0 — Growing and
learning.
3) Manipulative Activity: Sort by Video Concept
Drag each card into the exact concept from the video. Then click Check My Sort.
Keyboard option: focus a card and press Enter/Space to select it, then focus a category and press Enter/Space to place it.
Know Yourself Emotionally
Learn Your Triggers
Empathize
Own Your Emotions
Listen to Your Body
"I know I come across as defensive
when I feel corrected."
Asks for peer feedback about
communication blind spots
Identifies time pressure as the
trigger behind snapping
Thinks: "Did this emotion help or
hinder me under pressure?"
Asks open questions and listens without
interrupting
Notices crossed arms and quiet tone as
nonverbal clues
Pauses and reflects before
responding to upsetting comments
Owns their part in a two-way
conflict conversation
Uses tense shoulders as a cue to slow
down
Treats a nervous stomach as data
before making a decision