Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
by Daniel Goleman
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American writer
“It’s nonfiction, but it spelled out something that I just didn’t know you could kind of break down in a logical way. And, suddenly, I had this understanding about the world that I didn’t have before.”
Source →“It’s nonfiction, but it spelled out something that I just didn’t know you could kind of break down in a logical way. And, suddenly, I had this understanding about the world that I didn’t have before.”
Source →“It’s nonfiction, but it spelled out something that I just didn’t know you could kind of break down in a logical way. And, suddenly, I had this understanding about the world that I didn’t have before.”
Source →Recommended by 5 notable people, including Brendon Burchard and Drew Houston
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Emotional Intelligence reads like a brisk popular-science tour, opening with vivid contrasts between a 'rational' and an 'emotional' mind. Early chapters use clear case examples that make emotional skills—self-control, empathy, social awareness—easy to talk about. The most useful part is the plainspoken vocabulary and practical anecdotes that help frame workplace and personal conflicts. The main limitation is its heavy reliance on anecdotes and broad claims; the book sometimes races past scientific nuance and repeats points, so readers seeking tightly sourced technical depth will be frustrated.
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Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds"?the rational and the emotional?and how they together shape our destiny.Through ...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Psychology, Best Leadership Books, and Most Recommended Books.
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“It’s nonfiction, but it spelled out something that I just didn’t know you could kind of break down in a logical way. And, suddenly, I had this understanding about the world that I didn’t have before.”
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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