Tips for a Financial Stress-Free Season When I first encountered ‘financial wellbeing,’ the term felt somewhat unfamiliar. Finances weren’t my forte, but ‘wellbeing’? That resonated with me. Exploring the concept, I realized that financial wellbeing goes beyond numbers and spreadsheets. …
“Common sense is not so common.” ― Voltaire
Emotional intelligence (EI) or emotional quotient (EQ) is a topic that has become very popular during the last couple years, however, the concept is not new, it could be similar to the well known “common sense.” A wealth of quotes, full of wisdom, from our ancestors gives evidence of this. But what is all this fuss about EI? And why do we need to develop it?
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’…” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson
Very often during these last days of the year we start to evaluate how the current year was and to think and plan our resolutions for the new year. Frequently we complain about how unfavourable it was and how much we hope for a change during the coming year.