Here is an excerpt from Dr. Anhlan Nguyen’s Culture Magazin article on improving relationships through Emotional Intelligence:

How can we use emotional intelligence to improve our relationships so that we can live a good life? This is a topic professor Robert Waldinger at Harvard Medical School outlined in his TED talk “What is a good life?” Emotional intelligence is an array of interrelated emotional and social competencies, skills and behaviors that determine how well we understand and express ourselves, understand others, relate with them, and cope with daily demands, challenges and pressures. Among these competencies, inter-personal skills are among the most important to help a person to connect with others and establish long-lasting relationships. In order to develop this skill, one needs to practice empathy and active listening. It starts with trying to understand the other person’s perspective and the feeling and emotions they are experiencing. You need to feel what it would be like to be in their shoes…

To read the rest of the article, click on the link below:

https://culturemagazin.com/how-to-improve-your-relationships/