"Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman.

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In the book "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman, the central thesis that he tries to point out is that emotional intelligence may be more important than I.Q. in determining a person's well being and success in life. At first I didn't know what Goleman was talking about when he said emotional intelligence, but after reading the book I have to say that I agree completely with Goleman. One reason for my acceptance of Goleman's theory is that academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. To me, emotions can be just as intelligent as your I.Q. In this book report I hope to provide sufficient evidence to show why I agree with Goleman's thesis on emotional intelligence. The first topic that I want to touch on is ...

... have any self-awareness, you are missing a key element of emotional intelligence. How would you be able to ever know what another person is feeling if you can't even recognize your own feelings. Being able to manage your own emotions builds onto self- awareness. This means you can be able to handle feelings so they are appropriate at that time. Then you have to be able to motivate yourself as well as recognize the emotions of the other person. Empathy is a big part of emotional intelligence also. Not only does it also build on self-awareness, but it's a big predictor of having people skills. The last domain, handling relationships, is the best predictor of a socially literate person.

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