Emotional Intelligence - Softcover

Goleman, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055384007X ISBN 13: 9780553840070

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1996

Synopsis

Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until the discoveries of modern brain researchers, theorists could only guess why. Daniel Goleman''s fascinating report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers us startling new insight into our "two minds" -- the rational and the emotional -- and how they together shape our destiny. Beginning deep in the brain, Emotional Intelligence shows us the exact mechanism of an "emotional hijack," when passion overcomes reason. Through vivid examples, Goleman then delineates the crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships and work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is a crucial new way to talk about being smart. The final chapters reveal the possibilities -- and limits -- of "emotional literary," as it is taught by both parents and educators. The book concludes with a compelling vision of what true emotional intelligence means for us both as individuals and as a society. The message of this eye-opening book is one we must take to heart: the true "bell curve" for a democracy must measure emotional intelligence. Daniel Goleman offers a new vision of excellence and a vital new curriculum for life that can change the future for us and our children.

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Review

There was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and behavioural research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ- idolising view of intelligence is far too narrow. Instead, Goleman makes the case for "emotional intelligence" being the strongest indicator of human success. He defines emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness, altruism, personal motivation, empathy and the ability to love and be loved by friends, partners, and family members. People who possess high emotional intelligence are the people who truly succeed in work as well as play, building flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful relationships. Because emotional intelligence isn't fixed at birth, Goleman outlines how adults as well as parents of young children can sow the seeds. --Amazon.com

Review

"Impressive in its scope and depth, staggering in its implications, Emotional Intelligence gives us an entirely new way of looking at the root causes of many of the ills of our families and our society."--Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., author of "Wherever You Go, There You Are"

" A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial to your career." -- "USA Today"
" Good news to the employee looking for advancement [and] a wake-up call to organizations and corporations." -- "The Christian Science Monitor"
" Anyone interested in leadership...should get a copy of this book. In fact, I recommend it to all readers anywhere who want to see their organizations in the phone book in the year 2001." -- Warren Bennis, "The New York Times Book Review"
" A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial to your career." -- USA Today

"A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial to your career."--USA Today

"Good news to the employee looking for advancement [and] a wake-up call to organizations and corporations."--The Christian Science Monitor

"Anyone interested in leadership...should get a copy of this book. In fact, I recommend it to all readers anywhere who want to see their organizations in the phone book in the year 2001."--Warren Bennis, The New York Times Book Review

"A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial to your career." --USA Today

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 055384007X
• ISBN 13: 9780553840070
• Binding: Paperback