In the age of rising artificial intelligence technology, thoughtful words have been replaced with abbreviated and emotions have been replaced with emoticons or emojis. The reason behind broken relationships and heated arguments in a relationship is a lack of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the capacity to reason about emotions and emotional information, and of feelings to enhance thought as described by the personality analyst, Dr. John Mayer. Everyone is going through some stress in their daily life, and subconsciously they end up releasing these stress on their loved ones.

Modern technology would indeed connect you with anyone and everyone in the world in a fraction of a second. BUT, it won't be able to connect you with yourself. Subconsciously, you may end up disconnecting yourself from you. Hence, it's crucial to develop Emotional Intelligence alongside any other intelligence. Having higher emotional intelligence can benefit you in many ways. You'll gain better job performance, more creative thoughts, the ability to accept sudden changes in your life, and of course, better relationships. Relationships are protected by a shield made out of emotional intelligence (EI), to defeat any and every attack.

Building EI is a challenging task, but it's doable if you practice enough. As AI and smart devices are becoming more smarter and long-lasting, our relationships are becoming more shorter and unpredictable than ever in the human history. It's not something that we can ignore consciously or unconsciously. If we don't want to lose our identity being a human and don't let love last in only books, it's a time to take a step before it's too late. See you next week.