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الذكاء العاطفي

Daniel Goleman (Goodreads Author),

دانيال جولمان

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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.

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Published October 2000 by المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون والآداب - الكويت (first published 1995)

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Nov 30, 2008 Taka rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: social-science, japan_jul07-aug11

Descriptive but not very practical--

The main and only thesis of the book is: emotional intelligence is important. That's it. Goleman spends over 13 hours in this audiobook to pretty much buttress the thesis with evidence from various sources including psychology, medicine, and educational programs.

The content is interesting at times but overall, the message got repetitive and I was looking for any useful information to put to use in my daily life from the book to no avail.

Unfortunately the book ...more

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Aug 01, 2010 Jim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: neuroscience-cognition-behavior, favorites

This visionary book by Daniel Goleman is one of the most important in my collection. I see it as a seminal contribution to understanding the human condition, and a roadmap of practical steps for living better, both within ourselves and with those around us.

I begin by recommending the excellent review by Lars - a clear, well-written summary of the major points in the book.

Here I will focus on 3 topics from the book: 1) the evolution of brain mechanisms for emotional and rational behavior; 2) how ...more

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Dec 11, 2015 Jan-Maat added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 20th-century, society, science, non-fiction, business-management-pm

Emotional Intelligence is a book that was recommended to read on a management course that I took, oh, some time way back towards the beginning of the century. The course was taught by a middle aged white woman from southern-Africa. She also recommend Covey's book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, but in my enthusiasm that didn't put me off from reading this, perhaps because of an exercise she conducted with us in which you think of something that you'd like to do but haven't done and Emotional Intelligence is a book that was recommended to read on a management course that I took, oh, some time way back towards the beginning of the century. The course was taught by a middle aged white woman from southern-Africa. She also recommend Covey's book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, but in my enthusiasm that didn't put me off from reading this, perhaps because of an exercise she conducted with us in which you think of something that you'd like to do but haven't done and then trace back the reasons why you have not done this thing until you get down to fear. This resonated with me (view spoiler).

Anyroad, thenabouts I read Emotional Intelligence in a double edition with Working with Emotional Intelligence. I lent that volume to a colleague and never got it back, I got a second copy which I lent to my Mother and I never got that back either (view spoiler). Finally in recent times I fell across a copy of Emotional Intelligence. The volume was in a bad way, browned and battered. More ready to prop up a wobbly table leg than to be read. The plus side of a book in this condition is that when you stand on a station platform reading in the mizzle as it pizzles down from December skies you accept this as part of the natural life cycle of a book. First treasured, finally read in all weathers and abandoned on a train.

Rereading this was a curious experience. I suppose I had absorbed so much from my first reading that reading it again much of what it said seemed self-evident. Plainly my appreciation of the role of emotion in thought had changed so much I could no longer understand and value the book as I did as a first time reader, although I still enjoyed the anecdote about a drunk on a Japanese metro train(view spoiler) .

You know how water trickles down through limestone in curious courses and cunning people in search of wisdom pour in coloured water to record how long it takes to flow out – there is something of that in rereading this book. It was first published in 1995 and while some ideas have flowed out in to the wider culture others are still percolating through- Jon Cabot Zinn and his Mindfulness programme are referred to here while we only had a flurry of related articles in the UK press and news over the last eighteen months or so, sometimes the cultural currents take very circuitous routes indeed.

Alternatively I could see this book as a Matrushka. Nestled within it the next generations of popular science books, the Malcolm Gladwell one about needing to accomplish 10,000 hours of practice in a given field, Csikszentmihalyi's one on Flow, and doubtless others I didn't recognise.

I would recommend it to those who were in the same position as myself some years ago, not bent backed and round shouldered, but schooled in thinking in terms of rational decision making which didn't seem adequate when looking at the surrounding office let alone the wider world, as a first primer in to the hows and implications of emotion in thought from families to workplaces. And as a corrective this is important when one happens to live in a country with elections, jury trials, and a market economy. The assumption of rationality sits alongside explicit attempts to tap into our emotional responses (view spoiler). Tuning into our emotions, Goleman argues, is the first step in avoiding being entirely driven by them.

In terms of history, culture, society, all those big things and what is needed to bring abut change this book reminds me again of water percolating down through limestone. Things take their own time, where and when they emerge is not something that can be known in advance. Looking over this book again it strikes me how twenty years is barely a blink of an eye when it comes to changing fundamental mental models. ...more

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Jul 04, 2010 Lars Guthrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

After several years of looking at this seminal work on my to-read list, I am happy to have finally read it. It should be on the to-read list of educators and parents.

To learn and to grow, children first need to be ready to learn and to grow. However, how and what we need to learn today can differ significantly from the requirements of our ancestors. Evolution equipped us with an early warning system, the limbic system of our brains and its marvelous filter, the amygdala.

This system connects se ...more

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Feb 01, 2008 Andrew rated it it was ok · review of another edition

It certainly contains a lot of useful info, but boy, is it ever dense! Reading it is like hacking your way through a dense jungle with a dull machete. It must also be noted that it is most definitely of the school of 80's/90's "hard-wired" thinking about the brain, and hard-sells the view that, to put it simply, mind comes from brain, and not the other way around. In other words, nature, not nurture. (For comparison, try Sharon Begley's Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain, which, oddly enough, ha ...more

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Oct 04, 2016 Amir Tesla rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: psychology, influence-and-leadership, communications-and-relationship

Recommended to: If you think you don't have a high IQ and thus, your are condemned to a mediocre life.

What this book is about:
The apostleship of the book is twofold, Firstly it is to convince you that EQ matters far more than IQ in achieving high levels of success and it does it perfectly through providing N+1 lengthy repetitive case studies.
Second, it provides an almost accurate introduction to what EQ is, what elements contribute to a high EQ and finally what the consequences of strength and ...more

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Oct 24, 2020 Krishna Chaitanya rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction, relationships, self-help, 2020, psychology

It is interesting to know how psychology or spirituality trying to work toward a common goal, helping people to get better and be mindful. In this insightful book, author tries to teach about our emotions and getting to know them better such that you would do good at mainly 4 domains,
1 - Self-awareness
2 - Managing emotions
3 - Empathy and social awareness
4 - Managing relations

This books starts off with our brain functioning with respect to emotions, so getting to know about your emotions and beco ...more

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Oct 18, 2007 Tina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I read this book after a big break up and it really opened my eyes to how I contributed to that break up. It's extremely important to have emotional intelligence and this is a fascinating discussion behind the theory and science of EI. ...more

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Jan 28, 2015 Mahmut Homsi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: psychology, self-development

I think the best part of the book is when he explained about the five major components of the emotional intelligence as:

1. Self-awareness: Recognize and understand your own moods and motivations and their effect on others. To achieve this state, you must be able to monitor your own emotional state and identify your own emotions. Emotional Maturity in this trait shows:
-Confidence
-Sense of humor (can laugh at self)
-Aware of your impression on others (can read the reactions of others to know how yo I think the best part of the book is when he explained about the five major components of the emotional intelligence as:

1. Self-awareness: Recognize and understand your own moods and motivations and their effect on others. To achieve this state, you must be able to monitor your own emotional state and identify your own emotions. Emotional Maturity in this trait shows:
-Confidence
-Sense of humor (can laugh at self)
-Aware of your impression on others (can read the reactions of others to know how you are perceived)

2. Self-Regulation: Controlling your impulses—instead of being quick to react rashly, you can reign in your emotions and think before responding. You express yourself appropriately. Emotional Maturity in this trait shows:
-Conscientious and take personal responsibility for your own work/deeds.
-Adaptable (and favorable) to change
-When someone is complaining or is rude to you, you do not respond in kind. You respond in a manner which would not escalate the situation. (At this point, you will also realize that when someone expresses anger at you, they’re not always angry at you; they’re often just angry and want to take it out on someone.)

3. Internal Motivation: Internal motivation is marked by an interest in learning. It is also self-improvement vs. a pursuit of wealth and status (as a pursuit of wealth and status is an external motivator). Emotional Maturity in this trait shows:
-Initiative and the commitment to complete a task
-Perseverance in the face of adversity

4. Empathy: The ability to understand another person’s emotional reaction. This is only possible when one has achieved self-awareness—as one cannot understand others until they understand themselves. Emotional Maturity in this trait shows:
-Perceptive of other’s emotions and taking an active interest in their concerns.
-Proactive—able to anticipate someone’s needs and the appropriate reaction.
-Social Situations such as office politics do not phase one who has a firm grasp of empathy.

5. Social Skills: Identifying social cues to establish common ground, manage relationships and build networks. Emotional Maturity in this trait shows:
-Communication: Listening and responding appropriately
-Influence and Leadership: The ability to guide and inspire others
-Conflict Management: The ability to diffuse difficult situations using persuasion and negotiation. ...more

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Apr 24, 2008 Jim rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction

There are some interesting things in the book, things that are hard to disagree with, such as emotional skills and self-knowledge are important. I think a lot of people who liked this book focused on that self-help aspect. I have no problem with that. My problems with this book stem from the wider claims Goleman makes for EQ as a mental function.

Goleman bases this aspect of his theory on some whopping assumptions. The biggest one is the idea that emotional intelligence even exists. The main asp There are some interesting things in the book, things that are hard to disagree with, such as emotional skills and self-knowledge are important. I think a lot of people who liked this book focused on that self-help aspect. I have no problem with that. My problems with this book stem from the wider claims Goleman makes for EQ as a mental function.

Goleman bases this aspect of his theory on some whopping assumptions. The biggest one is the idea that emotional intelligence even exists. The main aspects of EQ he posits (self-awareness, social-awareness,etc.) aren't objectively measurable and there is no proof that they even correlate with one another on a neurological level, which we would see if these aspects were part of a measurable form of human intelligence.

Another assumption is that there is an acceptable norm of emotional intelligence. This raises the question, what about people who don't meet the norm? Under Goleman's narrow definition, people with autism, even many on the high-functioning end of the spectrum, would not qualify as possessing a desirable EQ level, neither would the introvert who prefers books to people. It is here that I found Goleman's ideas to be particularly objectionable. There's a whiff of something truly unpleasant here. However, we know that even people with severe autism are able to learn emotional skills.

Goleman makes the grand claim that, throughout history, great leaders all had high EQ levels. (As a historian, this made me cringe when I first read it.) Unless one has access to a person's psychiatric records, it is always extremely problematic to make all but the most qualified claims about the psychology of historical figures.

The EQ theory has many of the same flaws as theories of IQ. Older IQ tests assumed that intelligence was easily measured and that there was a single kind of intelligence. One frequently encountered people who had low IQ scores but who functioned intelligently or had highly advanced skills in some areas but not others. We now speak of multiple intelligences, seeing them as a skills set. We might be born with a tendency to some intelligences over others, but these are shaped by enviromental factors and can be influenced through learning, rather than something neurologically innate.

I'm willing to accept the idea that people are born with a range of abilities to recognize and respond to emotional interaction. I think these emotional responses are learned behaviors to a much greater degree than Goleman would allow. The problem with books like Goleman's is that it presents one side of a very contentious debate, but it might be the only book on the subject many people will read.

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Sep 21, 2019 DR.AmiraSalah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Old but Gold ☺

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Apr 30, 2007 Kristl rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: anyone who throws things when angry or doesn't cry, ever

I had to read this book for a leadership academy I was in and I found this to be a surprisingly good experience.

The book introduces and explains the concept of "emotional intelligence," which, since beginning to read the book, I see is so much more important than almost any other awareness one could have on a day-to-day basis personally and professionally.

Don't be shocked, if, in describing the many levels of emotional intelligence or lack thereof, you immediately think of friends, family, and c ...more

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Aug 15, 2007 Gage marked it as to-read · review of another edition

If you're like me, you're extremely leery of anything that reeks of pop psychology. But Emotional Intelligence has no such odor. First, author Daniel Goleman is the real deal. He has his PhD, of course, as do many snake oil salesmen, but unlike these others, Goleman has academic street cred: he founded an institute at Yale, heads up another at Rutgers, and wrote science columns for the New York Times.

At first glance, I can see that this book, though written more than 10 years ago, still packs a ...more

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Dec 17, 2015 Lyn Elliott rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: psychology

I read this years ago - the reading date of 2004 is entirely arbitrary and I'm writing this at the end of 2015.
I remember the essential messages vividly, especially his discussion of why emotional thresholds differ, and the importance of counting to 10 to let the rational brain kick in over the primitive amygdala response. A good deep breath goes a long way.
I love the concept of emotional intelligence - very useful in dealing with others. ...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Katja rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Emotional Intelligence produced such conflicting feelings in me that I am torn as to what to write about it. For the most part, it is well-written, intelligent and compelling. The messages are simple yet profound, and I have to agree that the importance of social and emotional skills can’t be understated. On some level I think Daniel Goleman and I think in much the same way, and even though the book is 15 years old now, on the whole it is as applicable as it ever was.

*disclaimer – angry rant co Emotional Intelligence produced such conflicting feelings in me that I am torn as to what to write about it. For the most part, it is well-written, intelligent and compelling. The messages are simple yet profound, and I have to agree that the importance of social and emotional skills can’t be understated. On some level I think Daniel Goleman and I think in much the same way, and even though the book is 15 years old now, on the whole it is as applicable as it ever was.

*disclaimer – angry rant coming up* On the other hand, it testifies to the importance of emotional intelligence, because if I had any less, this book would be lying in pieces in my backyard. One problem is that Goleman quite often makes the correlation = causation fallacy when citing research, which drives me bonkers. Secondly – and this is what really disappointed me - at several points throughout the book, he does one of the WORST possible things a non-fiction writer can do: he catastrophises. He shamelessly talks about the degradation of society, the decrease in moral fibre, and equates rising divorce rates with lower prospects for good relationships (I absolutely cannot stand the “divorce = unhappiness, marriage = happiness” argument – have we not progressed at all since the 19th century?).

He cites a study that found children in their teenage years are more moody, secretive and irritable than when they were children – and uses that to support an argument that people are getting unhappier across the lifespan (really? Because that sounds like ADOLESCENCE to me). What makes the doomsday predictions particularly embarrassing is the statistics he cites regarding rising violence and cocaine use, stating expert predictions that violent crime among the young would increase drastically in the years to come. Too bad for Goleman that this “crime boom” widely predicted in the 90s never happened, and that the cocaine bubble burst that decade – resulting in the rates of both violent crime and cocaine use in the US decreasing drastically. The simple fact is that if Daniel Goleman hadn’t been so set on his overblown doomsday scenarios, his book would have been so much better – more measured, more reasonable, and much less likely to make me throw up all over it.

Truthfully, he didn’t need all the catastrophising about the crumbling fibre of society to make a point for the importance of emotional intelligence – the rest of the book does that on its own. So all I can say is: on the whole it’s a great book, which could have been much better without the over-exaggerated scare tactics - much of which have since turned out to be false (which must be embarrassing for you, Daniel Goleman, but you deserved it resorting to arguments like that). I know that most of this review is an angry rant, but I've still given it four stars because I chose to be reasonable and not let those things be deal-breakers. I really did enjoy the vast majority of this book. Really. ...more

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Dec 05, 2017 Mimi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Mimi by: IRL book club pick for summer 2017

Shelves: psychology, science, 2017, nonfiction

The subtitle "Why It Can Matter More Than IQ" is misleading.

It should be "Why It MIGHT Matter More Than IQ (provided you're comparing people of similar age, education, background, career, aspiration, social economic status, race, ethnicity, gender, and so on and so forth)."

The group that was looked at in this book was executives, and what the author found was that the thing that set these people apart from their peers and others vying for the same positions is people skills. When you're good wi ...more

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Sep 10, 2013 Thomas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction, psychology

A great book that delves into the science behind emotional intelligence, the components that comprise the trait, and the practical applications of possessing EI. While I knew a decent amount of the information beforehand as a Psychology student, several points stood out to me, such as the explanation of child molesters' mindsets, the idea that abused children gain heightened emotional perceptiveness, and almost all of the brain-related information. My favorite sections appeared toward the end, w ...more

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Apr 06, 2015 Paul Fulcher rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015

A difficult book to review and my 2 stars are an honest reflection on what I gained personally from reading the book, rather than what the world gained from the book having been written.

This was clearly a groundbreaking and seminal work, particularly in bringing the important topic of emotional intelligence to a wide audience. However, that doesn't necessarily make it a worthwhile read 20 years later, particularly for those in search of practical advice.

There is a significant focus on how the b ...more

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Jun 25, 2018 Alok Mishra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The book is informative and it can certainly be enjoyed by the readers - serious as well as casual page-flippers. The book has a lot of useful information for the first category readers and a number of interesting facts for the second category readers. I read it somewhere in-between and was delighted as well as informed.

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Jul 27, 2011 Wendy Yu rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The funny thing about reading old seminal books that have already made their point is that your natural attitude toward their genius society-shaking discoveries is "duh"

Emotions are important. duh.
Emotional competence is a better predictor of success than intelligence. duh!
Once you recognize your emotions, they lose their power, as you are more able to manage with reason. duh! duh!
Anger works like Super Mario Bros., triggering events in quick succession cause you to jump up higher and higher un ...more

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Sep 23, 2020 Deb rated it did not like it · review of another edition

There was very little written that I wasn't already aware of. I didn't read the complete book as, for me, it would be a waste of my time! It may be interesting to other people. ...more

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Sep 27, 2007 Stevie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: secular

Insightful book on the importance of relating well with others and being in tune with one's emotions.

Poignant Quotes:

...childhood and adolescence are critical windows of opportunity for setting down the essential emotional habits that will govern our lives.

...social intelligence is both distinct from academic abilities and a key part of what makes people do well in the practicalities of life.

social competence - how well or poorly people express their own feelings

With a complaint a person critici ...more

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Aug 02, 2011 Ill Lily rated it did not like it · review of another edition

I would expect the psychology editor of the New York Times to reference more psychologists than Freud, but alas. The basic make up of this book consists of common sense and cheaply thrilling anecdotes. Studies provided leave you thinking, "Well, duh." I felt it lacked any kind of enlightening information, and I had to stopy three quarters through. ...more

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Sep 02, 2019 HuDa AljaNabi rated it liked it · review of another edition

As part of my training program, I had to read this book. I came through the chapters and videos of Danial Goleman and appreciate his 4 divisions of emotional quotient. Hence, I already have the empathy and social skills -although the latter need to improve a little bit- the other two-parts require development in different aspects.

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Nov 26, 2019 laurel [the suspected bibliophile] rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-read, audiobooks, nonfic

A brief (I think I listened to the abridged version??) overview of Emotional Intelligence and how it plays a huge role in our lives...and how it can solve a lot of problems that have arisen within our culture.

This read like a book published in the 90s by a white dude. It, um, hasn't aged well?

Honestly, while I felt like this made a lot of good points about self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skill, I felt like Goleman attributed a bit too much of society's problems to ...more

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Sep 12, 2010 Lize rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, nonfiction, psychology

When I first read this book in 1995--the year it was published--it was required reading for my job in human resources consulting, and I found it amazing and insightful. Fifteen years later it still has some good things to say, but knowing how we've not only ignored Goleman's advice but actually run in the opposite direction (empathy, anyone?) it just made me sad.

The book concerns itself with a key set of characteristics he calls 'emotional intelligence': abilities such as being able to motivate ...more

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Aug 10, 2018 Shira rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: childabuse, ptsd

He references many good works , like Judith Herman's Trauma and Recovery , to build a strong case for neuroplasticity and lifelong learning, and even undoing previous or childhood traumas, as a lifelong task. ...more

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Oct 18, 2017 Kholoud Fathi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is an important book for you to read !
People misinterpret books like these that they are going to change them in a day or two, forgetting that change itself is a life long process
This is not a do or not book ,you will not find definitive answers only summation of new questions are raised, those types of authers who spot the light on a new aspect of human nature -enlighting a new complexity of humans- are my favourite

The auther takes us in a journey to the human mind (a pioneer),very import This is an important book for you to read !
People misinterpret books like these that they are going to change them in a day or two, forgetting that change itself is a life long process
This is not a do or not book ,you will not find definitive answers only summation of new questions are raised, those types of authers who spot the light on a new aspect of human nature -enlighting a new complexity of humans- are my favourite

The auther takes us in a journey to the human mind (a pioneer),very important yet neglected aspect of human intelligence that controls us in every breath we take; which is emotional intelligence
Am not saying that we will be able to solve your problems magically no , but i am saying that at least you can understand them if not, at least you will try to rise the question why humans act in a certain way or other...
It tells about the neurologcial anatomy of the emotional brain and its connection to the logical part and what are the cosqencenaes when damage occur to them and how our fears, anger or positive emotions controll our rational thoughs and decisions; this was really very important
How emotions imprint us since we were on our mother's laps, what happens during our preschool years then in school years ,and how we carry the emotional legacy of our parents within us and how the little , very little moments of interaction with them imprint whom we are today
Again how humans seek love and attention and the need to be cared for by other humans and how that affects the expected years of their survival ( peopl whom surrounded by loved one live longer ! Humans !!!!)
What i really enjoyed was the gender differences between men and women i finally understand why men are soo naeve regarding emotions and understanding women and their needs which affects the expectancy life of marriages and constitute the base of the relationship therapy techniques,i believe the essences of any relationship is understanding the other ...
The other important chapter was how children gain their emotional capabilities since they are in their cradles, how the subtle eye contact with Tthier mothers and the exchange of smiles with them can affect tremendously the emotional stability of an adult human beings, how neglect and screaming give raise to an adult incapable of love and receiving it
و انا اقول العولاق دا كلو جاي من وين ،العولاق لغير الناطقين بها تعني
(Retardation )
And how raising compatable children is such a sensitive issue that requires continuous allert and consciousness
Emotional memory was the scariest part , how our perspective of life ,our desiosn making and reflexes on different aspects of life are all sujected to our emotional mind that is enslaved to our emotional memory and logical thinking and realsing in our daily life basics is an active process ...more

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Oct 07, 2020 Sulav Bista rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: gave-up-on, psychology, non-fiction

As someone who is carried away by emotions at times, I chose to read this book. The message is a good one: managing your emotions effectively matters more than IQ. However, the book is very tedious and boring. It mentions anecdotes now and then and has a lot of psychology research cited, but I felt lost; I could not understand what the author was talking about as the book progressed, and it was very vague. I would like to give an example of one of the chapters in the book. The chapter is about m ...more

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Jan 04, 2015 Hanne rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, popular-psychology

I'm wondering whether this book is perhaps a bit outdated. It is 20 years old, and many of the things we take for granted now might not have been at the time. This book, above anything else, feels like a massive pamphlet to tell us that emotional intelligence is critical. And it shows what happens if we don't have it (either because of brain malfunctioning or bad parenting).

This day and age I think very few people still need convincing that there is such a thing as emotional intelligence; we al ...more

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