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Emotional intelligence as a concept probably sounds foreign to most people. We’re so used to IQ being the standard of intelligence, because it takes into account only the rational and logical aspects of our minds. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman turned that notion on its head. No longer are we limited by the conceptualizations of the rational mind when determining intelligence. Goleman looks at a broader view of intelligence that takes into account both the rational and the emotional parts of our brain. This book has certainly opened my eyes to the importance of neuroscience and psychology.
I’m always looking for other books to help me be a better person, and I stumbled across 21 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy a few months ago. Written by Alvin Huang and Chris D’Cruz, 21 Things is an exploration of behaviors that we tend to hold on to at the expense of our happiness. It may be difficult to let some things go. For me, it’s always been difficult to stop complaining. I’m very good at looking at the negative aspects of my life and voicing my displeasure, but this book helped me realize that complaining was going to get me nowhere. It also helped me realize a whole host of other beneficial concepts that I wouldn’t have learned elsewhere.
Of course, Emotional Intelligence really gets into the nitty-gritty of the mind. It’s one of the most in-depth looks at how our brains function and how we can cultivate the right kind of intelligence. I think both of these books are still great if you’re looking to improve your work ethic, relationships, and overall happiness. Both are well worth the purchase price, and you’ll learn quite a bit from the authors. I know I did, and I am certainly better off because of it.
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1,019 of 1,096 people found the following review helpful
I placed my original order for Dan Goleman's book "Emotional Intelligence" about one month before it's release in 1995 after reading the Time magazine cover story "What is Your E.Q.?" At the time I was going through a very difficult divorce, and I was asking myself the question "What did I do to deserve this terrible mess?" I was a 37 year old medical internist then who, in 7th grade, modeled my emotional style after Mr. Spock (from Star Trek) to avoid emotional issues I faced then. I accepted the messages from my parents and teachers who taught me that if I earned good grades, went to college, received an undergraduate and hopefully a graduate degree, then I shall expect to become happy & successful in life. Well, I DID that. I got the T-shirt. I graduated from high school as class valedictorian, winning the science award, I was awarded by my classmates "most likely to succeed", and I won a very handsome scholarship which paid all my undergraduate tuition for 4 years and offered me a summer job. In college I won more scholarships and graduated phi beta kappa in the top 3% of my class. In medical school & residency I did well, but this was more difficult for me as I had to learn to deal with many emotionally and socially challenging issues I was poorly prepared to deal with, but I got through them, but initially was not very adept at dealing with them.
When I entered professional life I started to ponder more the emotional issues in the lives of my patients, and in my own life, and I was slowly coming to terms with the importance of these issues.Read more ›
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I must admit I'm torn between a thumbs up and a thumbs down for this book (hence, 3 stars). Author Daniel Goleman does a fine job of employing a vast library of behavioral research in support of the premise that emotional conditioning plays a dominant role in what we perceive as "intelligence." Even though one can learn lots from Goleman's work, the overriding theme here seems to me to be ridiculously simple: good nurturing (rather than aptitude) is more likely to produce exceptional humans; bad nurturing creates people with a bunch of problems. The book starts off great, with a look at what happens in the brain at the molecular level under all sorts of emotional experiences. That's Part One (Goleman recommends skipping this if you're not into neurological details), which turned out to be the most interesting for me, as I had never before learned much about the emotional "architecture" of the brain. In Parts Two through Five, the author expounds on feelings (e.g., anger, empathy, passion, depression), personality, upbringing, aptitude, and treatment, etc., citing study after study to show that today's children are most decidedly a product of how they were treated in their earliest years, but nevertheless are winding up far less able then their ancestors were to handle even the slightest emotional dilemma. In fact, the further on you read, the more you'll realize that "Emotional Intelligence" is a book about children. Why is their character deteriorating, and what can we do to mold them into more emotionally strong (intelligent) beings? That's okay: if you're a parent, educator, or child psychologist, definitely buy this book. It will help.Read more ›
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