Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

by Daniel Goleman

Paperback, 384 pages

English language

Published Sept. 26, 2005 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-553-38371-3

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(25 reviews)

1 BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart, with a new introduction by the author

“A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial.”— USA Today

Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our “two minds”—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny.

Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well. These factors, which include self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart—and they aren’t fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experiences, emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened throughout …

1 BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart, with a new introduction by the author

“A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial.”— USA Today

The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Emotional Intelligence could not come at a better time—we spend so much of our time online, more and more jobs are becoming automated and digitized, and our children are picking up new technology faster than we ever imagined.

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5 stars

آقای گلمن شخصا روانشناس یا یک پژوهشگر آکادمیک در زمینه روانشناسی یا علوم اعصاب نیست، اما نویسنده و به نوعی ژورنالیست علمی است.
اثر فوق‌العاده خواندنی ایشون یعنی هوش هیجانی حاصل دو ویژگی منحصر بفردشون است، اول قلم شیوا و ذهن ساختارمندشون برای بخش‌بندی کتاب و دوما سخت‌کوشی ژورنالیستیشون در پیگیری محققین این امر و جمع‌آوری انبوهی از مقالات، تحقیقات و آزمایش‌ها و همچنین ساعات طولانی مصاحبه با دانشمندانی که کار قابل عرضه در این زمینه انجام دادند است.
کتاب به نوعی یک مسیر طولانی در راه شناخت مفهوم هوش‌هیجانی از زوایای مختلف است که در این مسیر در مقاطع مختلف روی پژوهش‌های محققین این امر تمرکز کرده، به نوعی اگر کتاب هوش‌هیجانی یک رمان خواندنی بود، شخصیت‌های اصلی این رمان در واقع محققینی بودند که گلمن از آثار آنها یاد کرده است.
مطالعه این کتاب برای کسانی که مایلند از نظر تئوری اطلاعات گسترده‌ای در خصوص هوش هیجانی کسب کنند بسیار مفید خواهد بود،‌ همچنین در طی مسیر با دانشمندان و پژوهشگران مختلفی آشنا می‌شویم که هر کدام به خودی خود آثار ارزنده‌ای دارند، به عنوان مثال در قسمتی از کتاب من با آقای دکتر جیمز پنه‌بیکر، ‌ [a:James Pennebaker|6456791|James Pennebaker|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]، آشنا شدم که تحقیقات گسترده‌ای در مورد تاثیر نوشتن در مواجه با تروما و حتی استرس روزمره انجام داده بود که این آشنایی منجر به این شد که کتاب [b:Expressive Writing: Words that Heal|23245791|Expressive Writing Words that Heal|James Pennebaker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1411770539l/23245791.SY75.jpg|42788997] به لیست مطالعه‌ام اضافه شد.
اگر شما دنبال کتابی با رویکردی عملی در خصوص بهبود مهارت‌ها و سواد عاطفی هستند، کتاب هوش هیجانی آقای گلمن چندان انتخاب مناسبی نیست چون کاملا تئوری است، هر چند بینش عمیقی در مورد چیستی هوش هیجانی ایجاد می‌کند، اما این بینش با کتاب‌های کم‌حجم‌تر هم قابل دسترس است.

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Review of 'Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

Informative, but dry and dated.

Dr. Goleman makes a convincing case for the importance of emotional intelligence, bringing stories and statistics to bear in making his argument for a more well-rounded view of education, and his book presents a very thorough survey of his theory. It does have an occasional undercurrent of panic about "kids these days", which usually comes off to me as uncritically buying into a generational gap without actually trying to understand the generation(s) in question. Dr. Goleman also laments the imminent "crime storm" of the 1990s, which, as even a cursory examination of statistics will demonstrate, completely failed to materialize. (Whether this is itself evidence of Goleman's advocacy, I can only speculate.) Nevertheless, for those who are interested in the subject of emotional intelligence and are comfortable with the density of Goleman's writing, this seems a solid introduction to the subject.

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Review of 'Emotional Intelligence' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I know this book was groundbreaking for many, but there's nothing here other than a re-hash or previous thinking, some bad research and poor assumptions, and an easy path to dinner conversation 'relevance'. It's also a great way to help other people understand why you think you're great even though you're not very bright.