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. ...

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...

According to me Empathy is the most needed skill in anything you do. Be it in your work, home, personal relationships, or anything. Empathy can make you more humane. I always love understanding people and helping them out. But, I had one major drawback - I was short-tempered and had a very bad anger management. This is the one habit I really wanted to change in me. The one thing that helped me with my anger issues is empathy. Empathy helped me calm down when someone did not understand me. Empathy is a great habit to develop. It has made magic in my life. I am more calm and peaceful nowadays. Empathy is understanding other person's feelings. It is standing in their shoes and sinking into their skin. Empathy is processing the other person's feelings to understand how and why they are behaving in a particular manner. Suppose, say you are married. One day, your partner is coming home from work agitated and angry. They don’t speak normally with you. They don...