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Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQBUY FROM AMAZON.CO.UK
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Usually dispatched within 24 hours  (19 customer reviews)RRP: Buy New: £6.29 You Save: £2.70 (30%) Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours EDITORIAL REVIEWThere 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 PRODUCT DETAILSPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCPub. Date: 12th September 1996 Catalog: Book Media: Mass Market Paperback Number Of Pages: 368 Ean: 9780747528302 Isbn: 0747528306 ABOUT THIS BOOKUSER REVIEWS
This is a wonderful book that will open your mind to a new way of thinking. Enjoy the lovely stories and think about what is truely important in your life!
This book explores how Emotional Intelligence is a key factor in determining personal as well as professional success. Goleman explains how individuals who are able to tap into self-awareness, self-discipline and empathy are usually happier, healthier and more successful with personal and professional relationships than individuals who are unwilling or unable to learn what motivates people. Goleman argues that Emotional Intelligence can be learned at any age and is well worth the effort. This book is well written and has useful and powerful tools to interact with others and to understand oneself better. The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide To: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking
This book gets off to a good start, but then falls into the Maslow trap of when you've got a hammer, you see every problem as a nail. By the end of the book I thought 'emotional intelligence' was a pretty weedy phenomemon and there was far too much doom and gloom in the book. One of my favourite books of all time is The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton. Most of the stuff in Burton (written over 400 years ago) is covered by Goleman. Only Goleman dresses it up as the latest scientific research. Things like reliving trauma as a way of purging it were intriguing. By the end I was skipping pages so I could take it to the charity shop.
Very interesting for someone new to the concept of emotional intelligence, especially parents or teachers. Almost all examples and studies are drawn from children (kindergarten or primary school age, mostly), and how their EQ can be observed and stimulated. However, the book of limited use to adults who want to understand the strengths and limitations of their own emotional intelligence, or how to improve it. I gather when this book first came out it was a groundbreaking work. Much research and writing has been done since then, so there are probably better choices for someone who wants to learn about emotional intelligence in adults.
I was first introduced to this book at a work seminar. After several hours of team work activities, communication coaching and munching on the finger food- the seminar leader (hired by my employer) gave all the staff an insight into how the mind works by doing diagrams and giving examples using data she had garnered from the book 'Emotional Intelligence'. I was struck by how many of the concepts and ideas seem to by synonymous with L.Ron Hubbards 'Dianetics- The Modern Science of Mental Health', but presented in a more loose fashion and with a less long term technique for solving the problems to the primitive area of mans behaviour. Whilst I do agree that some of the authors statements are true- I would recommend reading the real thing first. SIMILAR ITEMS: |
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