Emotional Quotient

                We come across the term Intelligence quotient, (IQ) very often. It is a very widely used quotient to measure ones intelligence and all related stuffs. In the past, it was one of the main criteria to select a person with high IQ for a higher positioned job and so on. But in the present days its being replaced by something known as Emotional quotient.

          In the workforce today, businesses are now structured in a way that almost everyone has some level of decision making ability. Whether the decisions are big or small, they have a direct impact on how successful, efficient and effective individuals are on the job.

          

      As a result, it is becoming more and more important for employees to focus on and improve their decision making abilities. This may seem as simple as learning from our mistakes, but it really starts at a much deeper level. Making better decisions starts with understanding your own Emotional Quotient. Emotional Quotient is the ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions to facilitate high levels of collaboration and productivity. 

            It is a measurement of a person's ability to monitor his or her emotions, to cope with pressures and demands, and to control his or her thoughts and actions. The ability to assess and affect situations and relationships with other people also plays a role in emotional intelligence.

         Emotional Quotient is important because it helps you leverage your awareness of emotions for effectiveness in the workplace

There are 5 areas of emotional quotient, they are -

•Self-Awareness – The ability to recognize and understand your moods, emotions and drives, as well as their effect on others.
•Self-Regulation – The ability to control or re-direct disruptive impulses and moods and the propensity to suspend judgment and think before acting.
•Motivation – A passion to work for reasons that go beyond money and status and a propensity to pursue goals with energy and persistence.

•Social Skills – A proficiency in managing relationships and building networks.
•Empathy – The ability to understand the emotional makeup of other people.

           And a simple emotional quotient test can let us know the EQ of any person. The one who is with a high emotional quotient is expected to be emotionally very strong, the one who is able to control his moods, has sort of motivation, mingles with others and gets to know them better. And vice versa in respect of people with low EQ. 

        Its not a difficult thing to improve the EQ of oneself, with few good inspiration and good practices one can definitely improve the emotion handling capacity of oneself 

Health and fitness

       

‘I want to be fit and healthy’ is what many people carve for at the present days. There isn’t any wrong in that. it’s usual for a human being to carve for fitness and health. But what actually happens is they only carve or in simple words they only ‘think’ about health and fitness but don’t do anything else. In few moments they just forget what they have thought and yes just continue to be unfit or unhealthy.

Why do we ignore health and fitness? The most common answer is I am too busy focusing on other work and have got no time for all these things. And the next best one is ‘there isn’t anything we can do about health and fitness it’s given or taken by god. I know people can’t be that foolish but yes they do exist. 

Nobody can become unhealthy or plump/skinny in overnight. It’s a long process. There are various reasons to become unhealthy. It starts from the most basic thing ‘the food which we eat’. Yeah food is the significant thing that decides about our health. The present generation’s food and drinks has so much of dissolved sugars that it has become a major reason for obesity among youths. Extra sugars are actually not necessary for our body to be fit. But we keep encouraging consuming those because it pleases out tongue and brains.

There isn’t any difficulty to stay healthy.  We have to just follow 2 things i.e eat healthy and burn your calories. Naturally there arises a question of what actually is a healthy food habit. And the answer is simple ‘the food habit which consists of adequate amount of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and fat is commonly called a healthy food habit’ I guess this link might help u in knowing much about a healthy diet http://www.wikihow.com/Eat-Healthy

And second thing is burning our calories. This can be done with different physical activities, like gymming, swimming, jogging, and many more. Select out the activity which suites you. And with which you would be comfortable with and just go for it rather than idly sitting in front of a television or a computer. 

 At the end just one sentence ‘eat healthy live well’. Wishing you all a very Good day take care

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The habit of reading

It has been a very pleasant week. The rains have started and the trees are full on with greens. And as there isn’t much of work to do except for planting some veggies and going to shop, I start with few books. 

I knew I had a craze for reading books but I never thought I would be reading it so crazily that I would complete 5 books in a week! Reading definitely is a good habit, never knew it would change my viewpoints and way of thinking greatly, more than that it has expanded my box of knowledge. 

Got to accept that the habit of reading doesn’t come easily to anyone, we have to work on it which is quite similar to other good habits. Good habits are hard to acquire you know!  But it is not an impossible thing to get. 

Many people just say absolute ‘no’ to reading, they think reading is the thing which is related to academics, which isn’t a true thing. One cannot get the pleasure of reading without actually reading!

Few tips to the ones who want to start reading book but feel it as boring. 

Step1. Pick up a book. If you are nowhere near a book, how are you supposed to read? Try finding something to read. That can be anything, including newspapers, magazines, novels etc. you have got to choose the book of your level. The high level book surely makes to feel bored from the minute you start it

Step2. Practice your reading habit. Now that you have found the book which interests you, you can set goal of reading 10-15 minutes a day. During this reading time you aren’t supposed to do anything but read. After you finally feel comfortable with the short time, you can increase it later on.

Step3. Don’t give up. If you don’t complete your task please don’t be ashamed and give up, remember ‘winners never quit’ you just have to try again till you achieve it.

Step4. Before starting a book read the small description. Before starting any book you have got to read the small description which is given at the back cover of the book. It gives you a small idea on what the book actually is

Step5. Read the review of the book before taking up any book. You can get the review of any book from the people who have actually read the book. It gives you an idea on what the book actually is. This gives you an opportunity not pick an uninteresting book at the beginning itself.

Reading doesn’t mean to read only books or magazines, you can even try out to read from blogs or websites which interests you.

Yeah! That’s it, the 5 simple steps to develop a habit of reading, wish you a happy reading. Enjoy

Completed a book..

It was a sunny day out here and I just finished reading the book ‘mistakes like love and sex’ by Madhuri Bannerjee. The book is a sequel of ‘losing my virginity and other dumb ideas’. The way the author wrote was immensely good. Found something new in the book. We can see the life of a middle aged woman who is still confused about what to do in her life. One can also get a thing that it’s never too late to do anything. Was happy to see a Indian writer writing so freely about the love making in her book. I guess it needs guts to write those words and get them published. Would like to say the line which I loved the most in the book ‘’ laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change, Love deeply and forgive quickly.’’

First one

My first post. I had read somewhere that the 1^st post is what people see in most of the blogs so it should at least be okay type.

 Had made a blog long ago, but restarted blogging in middle of a significant exam for any student of CA(chartered accountancy)  i.e IPCC (integrated professional competence course). I still don’t know from where the idea of blogging popped up. But I am happy now that I restarted it back. Wish my readers a happy reading.