Is IQ destiny? Nor nearly as much as we think. Daniel Goleman’s fascinating and persuasive book argues that our view of intelegence is too narrow, ignoring a crucial range of abilities that matter immensely for how we do in life.
Drawing on groundbreaking brein and behavioral research, Goleman shows teh factors at work when people of high IQ flounder an those of modest IQ surprisungly well. These factors, which include self awareness, self-dicipline, and emphaty, add up to a different way of being smart-one he terms “emotinal intelegence”. While childhood nis a critical time for its development, emotional intellegence is not fixed at birth. It can be nutured and strenghened throughout adulthood-with immediate benefit to our health, our relationship, and our work.