Not only beautiful and wealthy, Taylor Swift’s way of handling crisis and injustice is also a master lesson in emotional intelligence that everyone can learn.

Recently, the 31-year-old pop star made headlines when she released Fearless (Taylor’s Version). This is a new recording of the super successful album that made her a star. The project is the culmination of a years-long battle. In it, Swift claims she was “stripped of her life’s work”, when her former record label Big Machine sold the master recordings of her first six albums to music executives and criminals. Swift’s nemesis – Scooter Braun.

“This process has been more fulfilling and emotional than I could have imagined and has made me even more determined to re-record all of my music,” Swift said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Swift’s new album isn’t just a business move, it’s also a signal to artists and professionals everywhere in the world about a major shift in the balance of power.

And at the heart of the story is a brilliant lesson in emotional intelligece.