Daniel Goleman shook the world with a new theory: that emotional intelligence was as or even more important to success than intellectual intelligence.2 He argued that this is true in life and in leadership. His theory on emotional intelligence has shaken up the business world (and arguably the world). Goleman identified five main components for emotional intelligence, chief of which is self-awareness. In fact, if you grow in self-awareness, the other four factors of emotional intelligence (self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills) become so much easier to master.
