Self-Care With Shaki

Emotional intelligence(EI) is a term that is used to measure our ability to manage our own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. Having a good EI indicates that you live a happy and stress-free life. EI can influence our personal and professional life's to a great extent. Having the ability to understand and manage our own emotions can be a great aid in accelerating success in every area of our life. Emotional intelligence Quotient (EQ) is as important or even more important than the Intelligent quotient (IQ). Unfortunately, we are only trained to improve our IQ but not our EQ. Of course, having a good IQ will help you land up in a good job and make a decent living. But, I am not sure if it will guarantee you a happy life. There are millionaires and billionaires out there with lavish money and zero happiness. Ultimately, we need happiness and peace over anything else. It is undeniable that one needs to have a good EQ to live a happy, peaceful, and contented life. ...

Communication is the key to elevate in every area of your life- be it a relationship, career or personal development. The way you communicate your message across has all the power to build a strong connection between you and the other individual/ group of people. Great communicators always aim at building meaningful relationships and trust among the individual or the group of audience they are speaking to. Especially, if you are in a business environment it is crucial to be an effective communicator. Below are some of the tips that can enhance your communication skills: 1. Connect emotionally People will always forget what you said and did, but they will never forget the way you made them feel. A good communicator should connect with their audience emotionally and individually. Do not strive hard to maintain a persona. Let that go. Be you, be human. Express what you feel, tell people what you care about. Communicate your stories with them, what inspired you, what y...

One essential skill that everyone needs to develop is good listening skills. Being a good listener will help you view the world through the other person's eyes. You will be able to develop empathy and maintain serenity once you start listening to what others say. I used to be someone who was very impulsive to interrupt someone while they are talking and give my opinion right away. This habit made the speaker uncomfortable and stop abruptly without completing their sentence. After realizing that I have been doing a mistake, I started developing good listening skills. After becoming an efficient listener, I understood that I was missing out a lot of information by not lending my ears properly. Most of us tend to daydream instead of listening. Instead of zoning out all the time, let's try to focus on the speaker. I think it will make more sense once we tune up our listening skills and start listening to the one who is putting effort to speak to us. 1. You wi...