Daniel Goleman: Emotion

Daniel Goleman is American psychologist & journalist. Explore interesting quotes on emotion.

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“people's emotions are rarely put into words, far more often they are expressed through other cues.
the key to intuiting another's feelings is in the ability to read nonverbal channels, tone of voice, gesture, facial expression and the like”

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

“If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.”

Daniel Goleman (1995) cited in: John O. Dozier (2010) The Weeping, the Window, the Way. p. 130

“Our emotional intelligence determines our potential for learning the practical skills that are based on its five elements: self-awareness, motivation, self-regulation, empathy, and adeptness in relationships”

Source: Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998), p. 24

“Effective leaders are alike in one crucial way: They all have a high degree of what has come to be known as emotional intelligence. It’s not that IQ and technical skills are irrelevant. They do matter, but mainly as “threshold capabilities”; that is, they are the entry-level requirements for executive positions. But my research, along with other recent studies, clearly shows that emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.”

Source: IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership (1998), p. 94

“Emotional Intelligence' refers to the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships. It describes abilities distinct from, but complementary to, academic intelligence, the purely cognitive capacities measured by IQ.”

Source: Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998), p. 317

“There is an old-fashioned word for the body of skills that emotional intelligence represents: character.”

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (1995), p. 285