Emotions (or e-motions) determine behavior.
They matter so much!
I know a lot of people in the IT industry focusing on developing technical skills, and completely ignoring the so-called „soft skills”.
The thing is, „soft skills” can be rather difficult/hard to acquire.
And, for work efficiency, for good results, for creativity – it may matter more if you can balance hard/soft skills than if you’re not at 93% level in PHP, but at 97%.
Sure, you can’t work in IT without at least average knowledge.
But, after a while, it may be more relevant to focus on the soft, than improve the hard skills.
I tried to apply this in my life.
Meeting people, doing theater acting, going to conferences.
Even culture – reading, watching movies, and all-in-all immersing in online culture, might help.
„But fiction has at least three advantages. We have access to the character’s interior world in a way we normally do not with journalism, and we are more likely to willingly suspend disbelief without questioning the veracity of what people are saying. Finally, novels allow us to do something that is hard to do in our own lives, which is to view a character’s life over many years.” – Does reading fiction make us better people? – BBC Future
Emotions help with the visible part of life – they keep the motion going.
Other than this, I’ll say this again – the most important thing for working efficiently is passion. It’s not the physical part, but the inner-thinking and passion.
