Social Quotes by Daniel Goleman

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

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

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

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

— Daniel Goleman

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

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

“What distinguishes leaders in medicine goes far beyond that knowledge, into interpersonal skills like empathy, conflict resolution, and people development.”

— Daniel Goleman

“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

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

The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time.

— Daniel Goleman

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

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

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

— Daniel Goleman

Positive work environments outperform negative work environments.

— Daniel Goleman

Who does not recall school at least in part as endless dreary hours of boredom punctuated by moments of high anxiety?

— Daniel Goleman