Emotional intelligence is a wonderful gift for people who naturally possess it. To be fair, all of us have some emotional intelligence(EI), only that most of us don’t really use it. The power of Emotional Intelligence is so very diverse and it always comes with a set of other related qualities.
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Self Development
Everybody has some thing to improve upon. Be it for career growth or for sharpening one’s personality there are always specific points to look at and improve. This section aims to do exactly that – to provide help for people looking to improve themselves!
10 things that never work at a workplace
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Jun 162010
A while ago, i wrote about the top ten things that none of us should do at work. Today, i have a list of 10 things that are generally considered good for the society, but never work in practice. I have been a victim of these things in the past. These are definitely tried and tested points that everyone of us need to avoid to be successful, especially at work.
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Success is definitely not luck. Be it on a personal level on how to lead a successful married life or on the financial aspect of it or even at work as a leader there are a number of things to learn and consider in order to be successful. Sometimes luck helps to achieve unseen level of success, but is not the only way to be successful.
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Career is a very important aspect of our life. In today’s world, we spend more time at work and with our colleagues when compared to the time we spend at home with our families. Because work is so important, most of us want to succeed in our career in order to believe that we have succeeded in our life. Sometimes, a single job opportunity can differentiate success from failure and it is all about never letting this opportunity pass you by.
So here are some tips to make sure you not only use the opportunity but you emerge successful out of it – simple 10 ways to impress an interviewer.
How to positively utilise criticisms
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Mar 242010
Criticism, traditionally has been seen as a very bad thing that can happen to a person or to an organisation. Criticism exposes how bad things are and shows a sign of dissatisfaction. It does tarnish the reputation and credibility and many times forces people to lose confidence and guides them to fail even further. Many of us hate criticism and would try really hard to avoid it. We tend to use a variety of techniques such as being offensive (as many say, “offence is the best form of defence”) to trying to be friendly (so that people do not criticise straight into the face). Unfortunately not many of us think about facing criticisms and using them to our favour.
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Timo: Ever heard about Intelligence Quotient?
Jarmo: Of course, yes.
Timo: Yeah i thought so. I think most of us would have!!
Timo: OK then, how about emotional quotient?
Jarmo: Sounds vaguely familiar. Though don’t know what that means.
Timo: Alright. How about this – Spiritual Quotient?
Jarmo: Spiritual…what?
This dialogue between two colleagues isn’t that uncommon. Our society has placed an extraordinary importance, in the past, on Intelligence Quotient, that we all think, the one with he highest IQ is the best. Continue reading »
Fable: An Eagle or a crow?
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Feb 212010
A fable:
There was a crow’s nest on a tree top. An eagle’s egg by mistake ended up on the crow’s nest along with her eggs. One brilliant day, the eggs hatched. The eagle chick played and grew along with other crow chicks, thinking it is indeed a crow. After a few weeks, as they grew bigger they all started to learn to fly. The crow chicks were airborne very quickly, while the eagle chick struggled to lift herself up. Continue reading »