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5 Ways to develop Empathy

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...

How to develop a growth mindset in a relationship

Nowadays, divorce rates have drastically increased, especially in India. If two people don’t cope up with each other, the immediate decision they take is divorce.   The saddest part is, most divorces happen after they become parents. The only person who is most affected by the imbalanced and chaotic condition of the household is the child.   If people possess a growth-minded way to handle things in relationships, it will never end up in divorce.    Work on your relationship Some people believe that, if they have to put in the effort to maintain a relationship it means it is not meant to be. They imagine that all good relationships should happen by itself without any effort. This is how a fixed mindset thinks of a relationship. On the other hand, people who approach relationships with a growth mindset never sit ideally and wish some magic to happen. They put in the efforts needed. They value the relationship more than their indiffe...