The second session of Self Leadership by Anil Sir was on
Emotional Intelligence. Emotional Intelligence is acquired by individuals
through upbringing and is not present by birth. Through the session I realised
that it is not your intellect or your success in work life that people remember
you, but your behaviour and your attitude towards life. Emotional Intelligence
has two aspects Intrapersonal skills (Self Awareness) and Interpersonal skills
(Deep listening & Understanding others). The question what is my personal
life all about, answered so many questions I had been struggling with since
long. The Alter Ego exercise made me realise the importance of Deep Listening.
Deep Listening can help in avoiding huge mistakes to occur. It is not just the listener’s
responsibility to understand the correct meaning but also the speaker should
articulate correctly what he/she wants to convey. The last exercise of sharing
things which are bothering us brought all the students closer to each other
with the help of knowing each other better. It helped in building a community
and made me realise that each one of us have problems in life, what matters is
how we face and move on in life.
My key take away from the session is: “It is our birth right
to be happy”. By being happy we honour ourselves which leads to personal
excellence. The following steps can help us be joyful:
1.
Honour your uniqueness and gifts
2.
Find a
cause that gives you joy
3.
Leverage your gifts & uniqueness to work on
that cause
4.
Share the joy with others
5.
Enable others to do the 4 above
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