How to get motivated and KEEP motivated?

Introduction We all have been there, you have a goal, you are excited and you start your project. And then…. you get distracted and your motivation is gone. Out of the window, nowhere to be found.  So, how do you get motivated and KEEP motivated? 2 sorts of motivation...

What is self regulation and why is it important?

Self-regulation and its relation to emotional intelligence As a child your parents are there to teach you about life, about the world. Their responsibility is to keep you safe and healthy. You are not allowed to stay up late and you cannot eat ice cream for breakfast....

5 Habits people with high empathy show

Empathy  Empathy is nowadays nothing new anymore. You hear this word in every corner of society, in science, in business, in politics, in education. Just talking about it doesn’t cut it, right? So, how can you expand your own empathic potential? Let’s look at 5 habits...

Building confidence

Find your voice Confidence. A topic I have been struggling with all of my life. Along the way, I learned to be confident. How? First I needed to find my voice. I searched for it for a long time and in the end my voice was there all along. Being the one who tried to...

#EQmaters

Working as a nurse your main skills are your soft skills, you need to have a high level of empathy and your EQ needs to be on point. The most important lesson during my ICU training was the following: ‘Anouk look at the patient, read the patient. The monitor and...

Schop toch tegen die bal

Waarom heb ik tegen die bal geschopt? Afgelopen zomer werd ik uitgenodigd voor een workshop met als onderwerp soft skills. Soft skills zijn geen hoofdonderwerp in een groot IT-bedrijf, dus deze workshop bracht me ertoe om me weer te focussen op mijn emotionele...