Youngsters who show violent or impulsive behavior share one common characteristic: they lack emotional intelligence. Namely, these teens lack two essential qualities of emotional intelligence: self-control and compassion. In their article “Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Impulsive-Aggressive Youth”, Henley & Long (1999) firstly explained that impulsive-aggressive youth exhibit four types of cognitive deficiencies that guide their

The idea of life satisfaction is oftentimes linked to fulfilling goals, scoring well on exams, excelling at college, getting a high-paying job, and so on. But are these accomplishments enough? Finding ways to achieve life satisfaction has been receiving a lot of attention for many years. While all factors mentioned earlier, in addition to others

As discussed in our previous blog post, everyone does recognize the importance of learning and education. Yet, very few are those who are motivated enough to study and attend school or college. While goal-setting can be key to enthuse students, assessments, too, can really motivate them! Assessments are not that bad after all. According to