Empathy is a skill which is often overlooked in the workplace. Determined by Frans de Waal as the “social glue that holds human society together,” empathy refers to the awareness of one’s own and other people’s feelings, needs and concerns.

Emotions have often been overlooked within the work environment. Today they are recognised as key elements that influence our behaviour, our decisions, our well-being, and our performance at work.

Whenever we read about success stories, we read about how self-control is a key component. We believe that success is a combination of various factors in the right proportion; just like baking a perfect cake which has everything from a cup of flour to a teaspoon of baking powder, but of course in the right amount! We look at one key ingredient in this article, that is ‘Self-control’.Having this one ingredient can prove to be super power at the workplace.