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Emotional Intelligence 2.0

by Travis Bradberry (Goodreads Author)

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June said: " This is the first applied emotional intelligence book that I am reading. It has its pros (clarity and simplicity of content) and some cons (excessive self-promotion).

Cons
1. Open the book and you are hit with several pages of endorsements from well-k This is the first applied emotional intelligence book that I am reading. It has its pros (clarity and simplicity of content) and some cons (excessive self-promotion).

Cons
1. Open the book and you are hit with several pages of endorsements from well-known people. Hard to miss the Dalai Lama's one as it is the first.

Further on, particularly towards the end of the book, it's evident that the authors could have practised some self-restraint in mentioning their company- the name-dropping is excessive.

When reading these sort of books, I prefer to judge it on its merits so I found this style of marketing and self-promotion to be quite off-putting and unnecessary.

2. I wish that the test and scores were freely available i.e. to friends and acquaintances who are sceptics or curious about EQ. Given that people have to purchase the book to access the strategies, a better approach might have been to offer the test for free, along with a sample strategy for each area. It also assumes that people have easy access to the internet- which they may not.

3. Some readers may not click with the casual conversational tone of the book. There is a literal peppering of "it's", which make me cringe.

Pros
1. I like that their explanations are not riddled with jargon (or as dense compared to the original Emotional Intelligence)- information is easily digestible and more likely to stick with me.

I can see how the content might be criticised as over-simplistic but I'm treating it as food for thought that you can take in and practice at my own pace.

Similarly, strategies are framed in such a way that I can attempt to try them out amidst a busy schedule. A quick skim of the strategies revealed quite a few that I hadn't come across before in previous reading on cognitive restructuring.

2. I like the logical structure of the book and the case examples are a great inclusion. I identified with characteristics found in those who had high and low EQ.

3. Physically, the book is a good sized hardback that's light enough to tote around.

I haven't finished the book and will update this post when I have. Despite its flaws, I think it will be a useful introduction to developing improved EQ- I have family members who would really benefit from reading it. =P ...more "

Jul 24, 2011 04:49PM · see review