This document discusses emotional intelligence and soft skills. It defines soft skills as personality traits, social skills, communication abilities, and other interpersonal skills that characterize relationships between people, contrasting them with hard skills which are more quantifiable. It notes that 55% of communication is body language and 38% is tone of voice. The document then lists numerous soft skills and discusses five components of emotional intelligence according to Daniel Goleman: self-awareness, self-regulation, social skill, empathy, and motivation. It provides examples of using soft skills and recommends books on emotional intelligence and effectiveness.
3. Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
Soft skills is the cluster of personality traits, social graces,
communication, language, personal habits, interpersonal skills,
managing people, leadership, etc. that characterize relationships
with other people.
Soft skills contrast to hard skills, which are generally easily
quantifiable and measurable (e.g. software knowledge, basic
plumbing skills) – Wikipedia
12. 7 habits of highly effective people
1. Be Proactive
2. Begin with the End in Mind
3. Put First Things First
4. Think Win-Win
5. Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
17. What to read?
1. Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
2. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
3. The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
4. Lubov. Sekrety razmorozki – Marina Komissarova
5. http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/against-willpower