Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
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 Image
Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
....goal directed self-imposed delay of gratification is perhaps the essence of emotional self-regulation: the ability to deny impulse in the service of… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
School success is not predicted by a child's fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Our brain comes hard-wired with an urge to play, one that hurls us into sociability. A child's play both demands and creates… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The task of worrying is to come up with positive solutions for life's perils by anticipating dangers before they arise. If we… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Emotional self-control is NOT the same as overcontrol, the stifling of all feeling and spontaneity....when such emotional suppression is chronic, it can… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“What distinguishes leaders in medicine goes far beyond that knowledge, into interpersonal skills like empathy, conflict resolution, and people development.” — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
