All DANIEL GOLEMAN Quotes about “Emotional Intelligence”

“Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence as ingredients of excellent performance, emotional intelligence proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels.”
“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.”
“Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important an ingredient of outstanding performance as cognitive ability and technical skill combined.”
“Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the other hand, are more self-confident and optimistic, adapt more easily, and handle stress better.”
“But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.”
“Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.”
“In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels”
“Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood.”
“My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.”
“Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.”
“When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills.”
“IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.”
“CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.”
“Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige, or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on academic abilities, ignoring the emotional intelligence that also matters immensely for our personal destiny.”

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