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Social Awareness

 What is Social Awareness? How it can help and Improve an Individual and the Nation as a whole?  Social Awareness is an ability to know and understand the needs of other people - and do something about it. It is being sensitive and knowing what to do with it. If a person has a low social awareness, their attitude and behavior will appear to be selfish or self serving to the society in which they are involved. Getting the right response to the needs of other people improves social standing and success. It is a must attribute for a leader or manager. This is why, in a corporate world, the management puts an emphasis on their managers to be socially aware. This skill will bring a person a long way and of course their organization as well. It is needless to say that being socially aware is a de-facto core competency aside from the technical skills or managing skills. A harmonious society needs its people to be respectful towards its other, a pre-requisite of productive and pros

Learning Resource: 12 Angry Men (1957) Movie

Im sure you are familiar with the phrase "OLD but GOLD". This phrase wants to emphasize that wisdom of the past never goes out of fashion. Modernization brought new ideas and technology. Now, we observed that generation gap is evident more than ever. But the foundation of our humanity remains unchanged. The kindness prevailing over selfishness and the unjust, the inquisitive mind - always curious and ready to challenge the norm - these traits never change. If you are a parent, an executive, a teacher, a leader or somebody looking for an entertainment but with lessons that you can apply on making an important decision then I suggest you watch the movie - 12 Angry Men (1957). Yes it was released in 1957, but its worth never fades. Recent remakes of this movie proves that this is something you shouldn't ignore. The story is socially relevant even today. It teaches critical thinking and not hastily handing out important decision just because majority said it. The 1957 version