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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ Kindle Edition

by Daniel Goleman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A 25th anniversary edition of the number one, multi-million copy international bestseller that taught us how emotional intelligence is more important than IQ - 'a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea' (Harvard Business Review)

Featuring a new introduction from the author

Does IQ define our destiny? In his groundbreaking bestseller, Daniel Goleman argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow. It is not our IQ, but our emotional intelligence that plays a major role in thought, decision-making and individual success. Self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, motivation, empathy and social deftness: all are qualities that mark people who excel, whose relationships flourish, who can navigate difficult conversations, who become stars in the workplace.

With new insights into the brain architecture underlying emotion and rationality, Goleman shows precisely how emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened in all of us.
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'An impressive argument that excellence is more than IQ' Daily Mail

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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 vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being smart.
The best news is that "emotional literacy" is not fixed early in life. Every parent, every teacher, every business leader, and everyone interested in a more civil society, has a stake in this compelling vision of human possibility.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002ROKQNS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 20 July 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 369 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1408806203
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DANIEL GOLEMAN is the author of the international bestsellers Emotional Intelligence, Working with Emotional Intelligence, and Social Intelligence, and the co-author of the acclaimed business bestseller Primal Leadership. His latest books are What Makes a Leader: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters and The Triple Focus: A New Approach to Education. He was a science reporter for the New York Times, was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and received the American Psychological Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for his media writing. He lives in Massachusetts.

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  • Michael
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in Australia on 8 December 2024
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    Good book thank you.
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  • dabchic
    5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional intelligence
    Reviewed in Australia on 13 July 2014
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    This is a very interesting book which is thought provoking and also helpful in understanding how emotions can control a person rather than understanding what is going on. You have to read it to see that. It takes a lot of studying and it took me a long time to read it but I think it is very helpful for everyone.
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  • Bob
    4.0 out of 5 stars An Important Book
    Reviewed in Australia on 21 April 2016
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    The book starts by quoting a challenge laid down by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics:

    "Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – this is not easy."

    From that challenge laid down over 2000 years ago Daniel Goleman has written an important book on the human psyche and how people can influence the path of their lives by attention to emotions. Goleman is a science writer who says he was dramatically influenced in 1990 by the work of two psychologists (John Mayer now at University of New Hampshire and Peter Salovey at Yale) who first formulated the concept they called “emotional intelligence”. Goleman set about a major study of research publications in psychology, neurology and childhood development. He published the first edition of Emotional Intelligence in 1996. It became a bestseller and has been reissued and revised several times.

    As quite a few studies in the past 20 years have now shown, the brain does not have the fixed architecture, previously assumed. New technologies for brain imaging have revealed how the brain’s intricate mass of cells enables us to think, feel, imagine and dream. We also know that while each brain has a certain structure at birth – a genetic inheritance – that structure can change drastically depending on all the inputs during life’s journey. Most of those inputs have a strong emotional component.

    It is surprising that “feeling” has been left out of much of the scientific research on psychology, but is now being clearly recognised that there are significant physiological changes with rising emotions.
    There is much more in this book that can’t be covered in a brief summary. It has a big list of references and further reading for each of the chapters. There are some people who might feel it places too much emphasis on mechanical aspects of brain and body. But the reader is left with a feeling of hope for improved cooperation on this earth as more people recognise the importance of emotional intelligence.
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  • Mike
    5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely well researched
    Reviewed in Australia on 13 June 2015
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    Amazing book. A difficult read but very informative!
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  • Ashley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
    Reviewed in Australia on 28 February 2020
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    This book is a must read, especially the first half. I wish I had read this 10 years ago.
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  • Anthony
    3.0 out of 5 stars I'd love to love it, but it was too hard
    Reviewed in Australia on 10 July 2022
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    I'm a self-help book groupie. I'm trying to read them all.
    This one was so hard. I tried, I really did. I couldn't figure out the story that was being told. I couldn't extract the nuggets of "to-dos" vs things that would be disproven next paragraph. I'm assuming that it for better further in, but I didn't get there.
    Also, the font is actually too small. It made it feel even more like a textbook (in a bad way).
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  • shirley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, worth to read.
    Reviewed in Australia on 2 March 2020
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    Good book, worth to read.
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  • NicShef❤️Reading
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and well written
    Reviewed in Australia on 31 December 2015
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    As this has been considered a psychological classic and it was on top 20 Amazon best sellers I to highly I'd buy it and check it out. I can see how this was a break through in 1995, but elements of the book are found in many different forms of literature now a days and what Daniel Goldman outlines is clearly the blue print for many books that come after his.
    This unique 342 page book gives the reader plenty of data, presented in five parts. The chapter titles are indicative of where the author is leading the reader. Such as "The Emotional Brain, The Nature Of Emotional Intelligence, The Nature Of Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence Applied, Windows Of Opportunity, & Emotional Literacy."
    Throughout the book he gives relevant and easy to understand examples that go over brain & cultural differences between the sexes, communication, genetics, etc to prove his premise that emotional IQ is often far more important in the individuals & groups success than the traditional intelligence exams can possibly measure.
    Its an overall interesting read, though I'm not sure what we do with it. But it's seems obvious, I mean have not most of us known, or heard of people with high IQ's who behave badly due to their lack of emotional intelligence? Or people that have done well in life despite a non-impressive IQ/ academic record?
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  • Clement M.
    2.0 out of 5 stars Very hard to read, letters are small...
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on 31 March 2023
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    Just got the book and it's hard to read it because of the small letters...
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  • Mushtaq Ahmad
    5.0 out of 5 stars enlightened
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2024
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    A life changing book, will be reading it again and again. Make you prepared for upcoming challenges and help to handle situations
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  • Bogdan Bartos
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good price
    Reviewed in Canada on 6 January 2025
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    Very good book. Love it. I recommend.
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  • Cliente Kindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Leitura indispensável para a vida
    Reviewed in Brazil on 3 February 2024
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    É um livro fundamental para a vida de todos nós. Não é um best-seller de autoajuda, mas uma reflexão profunda, assertiva e baseada em pesquisas com rigor científico conduzidas por décadas. É uma leitura transformadora à medida que abre nossos olhos para verdades pouco difundidas ou completamente negligenciadas sobre inteligência emocional, cuja ausência propicia a maior parte dos problemas de relacionamento, de segurança e de saúde nas nossas sociedades contemporâneas.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in Germany on 17 April 2025
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    The book arrived on time.
    Interesting book.
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