Emotional Intelligence: Book summary & analysis

Descriptive but not very practical-- The main and only thesis of the book is: emotional intelligence is important. That's it. Goleman spends over 13 hours in this audiobook to pretty much buttress the thesis with evidence from various sources including psychology, medicine, and educational programs. T......more

Să spun că inteligența nu se poate defini? Spun. Psihologii au vorbit o vreme de inteligența cognitivă („academică”, o numește Goleman pe bună dreptate). Ea se „măsoară” prin teste cu substantive de aranjat în serii coerente și cu figuri geometrice de potrivit între ele. A, și cu numere... Fiecare d......more

In his fascinating book, Daniel Goleman scrutinizes the notion of Emotional intelligence. the first chapter of this book is about neurological aspects of our emotions. He explains why we developed specific emotions such as anger, stress, joy, fear and... during the course of evolution. Then he thoro......more

After several years of looking at this seminal work on my to-read list, I am happy to have finally read it. It should be on the to-read list of educators and parents. To learn and to grow, children first need to be ready to learn and to grow. However, how and what we need to learn today can differ s......more

It certainly contains a lot of useful info, but boy, is it ever dense! Reading it is like hacking your way through a dense jungle with a dull machete. It must also be noted that it is most definitely of the school of 80's/90's "hard-wired" thinking about the brain, and hard-sells the view that, to p......more