ABSTRACT
President John F. Kennedy, is directly relevant to the development of emotional
literacy. Emotionally literate individuals are able to recognize, understand,
appropriately express and deal with the emotions that they experience both
psychologically and physiologically. In doing so they are able to use their instinctive
feelings to help both themselves and others succeed in the tasks they set themselves.
Armed with this ability people no longer need to weaken themselves by letting their
emotions manage them, rather than taking control.
