In politics, readily dismissing inconvenient people can easily extend to dismissing inconvenient truths about them. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
people's emotions are rarely put into words , far more often they are expressed through other cues. the key to intuiting another's… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Empathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle, but… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you are already… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Although traditional incentives such as bonuses or recognition can prod people to better performance, no external motivators can get people to perform… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The Harvard Business Review recently had an article called 'The Human Moment,' about how to make real contact with a person at work: ...… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
When the darkness is seen as a necessary prelude to the creative light, one is less likely to ascribe frustration to personal inadequacy or… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
All the classical meditation traditions, in one way or another, stress nonattachment to the self as a goal of practice. Oddly, this dimension is… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Overloading attention shrinks mental control. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
“What distinguishes leaders in medicine goes far beyond that knowledge, into interpersonal skills like empathy, conflict resolution, and people development.” — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
“Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin psychologist. He discovered that people who have greater activity in the left frontal lobe, compared to the right,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important an ingredient of outstanding performance as cognitive ability and technical… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
Who does not recall school at least in part as endless dreary hours of boredom punctuated by moments of high anxiety? — Daniel Goleman Copy Share
