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Emotional Intelligence

By: Daniel Goleman
Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
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Publisher's Summary

This program features a new introduction read by Daniel Goleman and a bonus dialogue between the author and Jon Kabat-Zinn.

It is the tenth anniversary since the first publication of Daniel Goleman's groundbreaking bestseller, Emotional Intelligence, which maps the territory where IQ meets EQ, where we apply what we know to how we live. Spending over a year on the New York Times bestseller list, Emotional Intelligence provided the evidence for what many successful people already knew: being smart isn't just a matter of mastering facts; it's a matter of mastering your own emotions and understanding the emotions of the people around you.

©1995 Daniel Goleman (P)2001 Books on Tape Inc., Published by Audio Renaissance, a Division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC

Critic Reviews

"Fascinating...well-researched...an engrossing, captivating work." (Booklist)

"Impressive in its scope and depth, staggering in its implications." (Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., author of Wherever You Go, There You Are)

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  • 22-05-2016

fantastic read

taking you on a journey from the problem to the solution of societies decay ...character in the end is what's lacking in today's society

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Narration too fast

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The narration was too fast, particularly where concepts were explained, and more time would've been helpful to try to process the information. Even when I tried to slow down the speed of the narration, there was an echo, so that was deterring. It would've been more helpful if the narration was slower.

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everyone should read this book

this book has information that can change lives for the better. use it to help yourself, your kids and others.

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  • JT
  • 25-05-2017

Not as I expected

Less practical solutions for personal development it's more about why emotional intelligence matters and how it functions and develops. Old book and old style...

The voice is old fashion and not engaging at all. It was off putting till I got used to it.

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Thoroughly enjoyable

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Loved this book. Well research, speaks with clarity and certainty. Well read and highly enjoyable. Elaborates on key points without being repetitive. Especially good for parents and anyone with emotional challenges.

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Not a self-help book

Thought this would be a self-help book with many different strategies on how to be more emotionally intelligent, but that only gets covered right at the end of the book. The beginning and middle explores how to teach emotional intelligence to your kids what how it actually works in the brain, cutting many valid and interesting studies, even comparing validities of different studies by looking at how they were conducted.

This book does not try to convince you of anything, rather, let's you decide for yourself by giving you all the info on how it works, the studies and findings, and real world examples you may have experienced. This brings about an awareness that allows you to make better decisions in your daily lives and actually helps you understand yourself and others better, bringing a mindful calm, I found.

Narrator has strong American accent, while I prefer British.

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Very educational

The reader has a very monotone voice however the content of the book is put into a real world context. Some excellent pointers to reader further and put into action in my own life. I recommend this for anyone interested in how emotional intelligence can improve overall well-being and interactions within the community.

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Really good content but I didn’t enjoy the voice of the narrator, it got me sleepy at many times while driving which isn’t good at all. The voice sounded like the one from an automated voice sometimes which made me lose interest at times. A more enthusiastic narrator with different frequencies in his pitch would had been much better

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interesting

Narrator is a bit mechanical, but a very interesting content made me listen to the end.

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Useful until parental

There was not much hint that this would become parenting book. The opening chapters were incite full though.
Good book.
If you’re not a parent turn the book off once it gets onto the topic of kids

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