A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt… — 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
