The five things.

In the name of Allah.

The five languages of affection are affirmative words, quality time, gifts, physical touch and acts of service. I just find this really helpful as a da'ie. Whether you like it or not, you're dealing with people - some may be emotional, others may be rational and there are those whore are just neither. And yeah, I learnt this when I was in Spain.

Someone asked, "Which type are you?" and I had no idea what to answer.

Another one asked the same question and I thought that I'm a little bit of each. He disagrees and said that I'm more to the quality time kind of guy. In a weird way, I think it's true. Huh, looks like I don't even know myself that well. Come to think of it, I don't think any of us know ourselves any better. That's why Allah did not create us to live alone. There are just people out there who surprisingly know us better.

I was also told about this four colour test which helps you know yourself better - trust me, you need to know your strengths and weaknesses. So, I tried on this :

http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp

And the results are reliable. Plus, they actually gave a list of books to read on - most of them can be downloaded for free on the net. Soft skills are definitely important and what I've been doing is to read on these kind of books. Alhamdulillah, they help me a lot. I guess the best tip is not to be rigid. :)

I have a feeling that this is another answer to my prayers. ;)