Big Idea Daily | Emotional Intelligence
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The Groundbreaking Book That Redefines What it Means to be Smartby Daniel Goleman |
“Anyone can become angry —that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not easy.”ARISTOTLE |
BIG IDEA
IQ vs. EQ
FROM THE BOOK“At best, IQ contributes about 20 percent to the factors that determine life success, which leaves 80 percent to other forces…
Even Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, whose book The Bell Curve imputes a primary importance to IQ, acknowledge this; as they point out, ‘Perhaps a freshman with an SAT math score of 500 had better not have his heart set on being a mathematician, but if instead he wants to run his own business, become a U.S. Senator or make a million dollars, he should not put aside his dreams. The link between test scores and those achievements is dwarfed by the totality of other characteristics that he brings to life.’
My concern is with a key set of these ‘other characteristics,’ emotional intelligence: abilities such as being able to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustrations; to control impulse and delay gratification; to regulate one’s moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think to empathize and to hope.”
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Brian's Notes
Fantastic.
So, we often have a common notion that IQ means success, happiness, health and all the other wonderful things we aspire to in life. But… might wanna check that assumption because there’s actually a rather weak correlation between IQ and all that jazz.
What makes the difference?
As Goleman says: “a key set of these ‘other characteristics,’ emotional intelligence: abilities such as being able to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustrations; to control impulse and delay gratification; to regulate one’s moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think to empathize and to hope.”
Let’s check some of them out, shall we?!?
Big Ideas
01: IQ VS. EQ
02: HUNDREDS & HUNDREDS
03: SELF-AWARENESS
04: SELF-MASTERY
05: TEN THOUSAND HOURS
“For better or worse, intelligence can come to nothing when the emotions hold sway.”DANIEL GOLEMAN |
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