Volume 1 : Issue 1 (2014)

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHILDREN : A STEP TOWARDS DEVELOPING SENSIBLE PROFESSIONALS

This paper attempts to examine the importance of cultivating various traits of emotional intelligence in children from an early age and thereby adopting an approach towards developing future emotionally intelligent professionals in various walks of life. This paper studies the various stages of development of a child and the traits of emotional intelligence which can be inculcated at each stage for the ultimate evolution of an emotionally intelligent professional.

Emotional Intelligence, Ancient learning method, personality development.

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