EQ

 Time was when one was considered intelligent if one was real good at maths and science. The educational scenario has undergone a sea change by now. As a result, the very concept of education has changed laterally, and radically.  

For one thing, education is getting pricier, and hence privileged, by the day. In private universities, students who come from other regions do pay a hefty, real steep amount as fees, especially in comparison with the students who study in regular 'public' institutes.

Beyond such ugly realities, the very concept of education is changing. For example, as part of 'teaching skills', a student is to have multiple quotients/abilities such as social quotient, spiritual quotient, et al. The most important of all these emotional quotient.

EQ is made of the ability to understand and use a very positive response to a given situation, the characters involved and the emotions thus generated.  It is a process of controlled involvement in emotions, and for  this, it is necessary to first know and understand/process properly one's own emotions and the emotions of those we meet. Once we understand our own emotions, we can control them through positivities. 

Indeed, it is necessary to learn the techniques that would make us better, nicer, kinder to self and others.  Thus will be developed the trick of always responding, at every level. We would then in every situation be pro-active, and never re-active.

How very necessary, in addition, to laugh off/at all, petty to big, tensions, one of the best ways of the pro-active response than the immediate reaction. Long live the EQ!

Pratima@Emotions are like wild horses. It is necessary to tame them first, so as to ride them well, right?