In one of our first blog posts (October 2008), we shared news from Jamaica about a training manual, Raising Emotionally Smart Children. We explained at the time that “Emotional intelligence involves Self-awareness, Emotional management, Empathy, and Managing Relationships.”
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., is a psychologist, author, and lecturer whose 1995 book (updated in 2005), Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (Bantam Books) is an international bestseller with more than 5 million copies in print worldwide in 30 languages.
Goleman argues that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. He defines “emotional intelligence” – a trait not measured by IQ tests – as a set of skills, including control of one’s impulses, self-motivation, empathy and social competence in interpersonal relationships.
In our most recent blog post, we shared about a new study from the field of neuroscience that relates to moods and perception.
The connection between neuroscience and emotions has been studied by Daniel Goleman whose book, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships (2006), explains how the rational and emotional work together to shape intelligence, using new information from neuroscience and psychology of the brain. He writes, “Social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence, can now be understood in terms of recent findings from neuroscience.”
Goleman’s latest book is Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything. (See Daniel Goleman’s related interview with Bill Moyers of PBS.)
Goleman is also the author of Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health (1997), Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama (2003), Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self Deception (1985), and other books.
Daniel Goleman was a science writer for the The New York Times for 12 years and has taught at Harvard where he received his doctorate.
For more info: http://www.danielgoleman.info/