Emotional Intelligence

What it is about

Daniel Goleman synthesizes psychology, neuroscience, education, and organizational research to argue that emotion is not the opposite of intelligence. He examines self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill, while showing how fear, anger, impulse, and early experience shape judgment and relationships. Its place here is personal: I want the argument to meet the life I am actually living.

Why I keep it

Emotional intelligence, the book that gave it a name.

Key ideas

Beside it on the shelf · Psychology & Therapy