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Best Books on Emotional Intelligence for Children & Adults

Do you want to manage your emotions better? What are the best books on emotional intelligence to read? Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and handle emotions. People who have high emotional intelligence have more meaningful conversations, can handle bad situations, and are better leaders. If you want to strengthen your emotional intelligence, check out these books that will help you in your personal and professional life.

Focus on the Positive and Banish Negativity

Is your mind overwhelmed by negativity? What can you do to combat the tendency to think in negative terms and learn to focus on the positive? The human brain is wired for negativity because it aids survival. However, you have the power to consciously override the negativity bias and train yourself to focus on the positive. Here’s why the human mind is wired for negative thinking and what you can do to reframe it for more positivity.

How to Live a Meaningful Life in a Meaningless World

Does life have a meaning? How does one find meaning in a universe that’s meaningless by design? Many people feel like life has no inherent meaning, which gives rise to feelings of apathy and existential angst. This sentiment grows increasingly common as people adopt a more secular worldview where science—not God—prevails. In this article, we’ll discuss several views on how to live a meaningful life, no matter your religious orientation or lack thereof.

How Practicing Forgiveness Can Heal You From Suffering

Do you tend to harbor grudges and ruminate on past hurts? How can practicing forgiveness help you rid yourself of suffering and truly move on with your life? By practicing forgiveness, we can leave the negative experiences of our past behind and move forward with our lives. According to Louise Hay, the author of You Can Heal Your Life, we can even rely on forgiveness to heal from diseases. Here’s why it’s important to practice forgiveness and letting go.

How to Transcend a Poverty Mindset

How does your mindset influence your financial success? How can you shed your self-sabotaging beliefs about money and adopt a rich mindset? The beliefs you hold about money greatly affect your financial outcomes. If you have a poverty mindset, you’ll end up poor even if a large sum of money lands in your lap (e.g. through inheritance or winning a lottery). Here’s how you can transcend the beliefs and ideas about money that keep you stuck in poverty.

You Can Heal Your Life: Book Overview (Louise Hay)

Are you critical of yourself or others? Do you struggle with relationships, money, or work? In her book You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay argues that negative experiences in childhood cause us to form negative beliefs about the world, which in turn manifest in negative life experiences in adulthood. She says that the solution is simple: By transforming your negative thoughts into positive ones, you can create positive experiences in your life. Below is a brief overview of You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay.

How to Control Your Thoughts and Emotions: A New You

Does your past dictate your future? Can you rewire your mind and essentially shape who you are from now on? In 1996, neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke. During her recovery, she learned something incredibly valuable: understanding your mind lets you change the way you think and take responsibility for your emotional responses. Read more to discover Taylor’s “stroke of insight” on how to control your thoughts and emotions.

How to Think Before You Speak & Say What You Mean

Why should you think before you speak? What steps should you take to get your thoughts organized? Thinking before you speak allows you to sort out how you’re feeling. Bento C. Leal’s book 4 Effective Keys to Effective Communication says this is crucial because you don’t want strong emotions controlling the conversation. Read on to learn how to think before you speak.

Louise Hay: Positive Thinking Is a Panacea for All Life’s Problems

How to Develop a Positive Sales Attitude

Do you believe in the power of positive thinking? How can you train your mind to think more positively? According to self-help guru Louise Hay, positive thinking can help you solve any problem you encounter in your life, including problems involving relationships, money, work, and even illness. Hay says that you can imprint positive thoughts on your subconscious mind using positive affirmations. Here’s how positive thoughts can help you solve all your problems.

Jill Bolte Taylor’s 90-Second Rule for Emotion Management

What’s the 90-second rule? How can you use it to manage your emotions effectively? As neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor recovered from a stroke, she received a gift. In the process of regaining her cognitive function and reconstructing her emotional reactions, she learned how to wrangle her emotions by leveraging the 90-second rule. Read more to learn about Jill Bolte Taylor’s 90-second rule.