Daniel GolemanAttention is a little-noticed and underrated mental asset.363Humanity
Daniel GolemanA prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.352Sadness
Daniel GolemanEmotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort ✨ Daniel Goleman (2012). Emotional Intelligence: Why It Ca… ▶374Thought
Daniel GolemanI don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.331Thought
Daniel GolemanThere is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.342Thought
Daniel GolemanThere is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out their BlackBerry or answers that cell phone, and all of a sudden we don't … ▶364Time
Daniel GolemanI think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.354HumanityThought
Daniel GolemanPeople tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.365Humanity
Daniel GolemanWomen, 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, a… ▶354Death
Daniel GolemanThe amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.344Thought
Daniel GolemanDaydreaming incubates creative discovery. ✨ Daniel Goleman (2013). Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, p.33, A&C Black377Reading
Daniel GolemanWhenever we feel stressed out, that's a signal that our brain is pumping out stress hormones. If sustained over months and years, those hormones can ruin our health and make us a … ▶367Thought
Daniel GolemanThe basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.345Death
Daniel GolemanHowever, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years.312Time
Daniel GolemanBuying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the… ▶378Truth
Daniel GolemanResearch 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.334Death
Daniel GolemanEmpathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work. ✨ Daniel Goleman (2011). Working With Emotional Intelligence, p.137, Bantam345Time
Daniel GolemanHappy, calm children learn best379Sadness
Daniel GolemanA leader tuned out of his internal world will be rudderless; one blind to the world of others will be clueless; those indifferent to the larger systems within which they operate w… ▶325Time
Daniel GolemanFeelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and proofs all their own. ✨ Daniel Goleman (2012). Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, p.434, Ban… ▶314Truth
Daniel GolemanIn a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels ✨ Daniel Goleman (2012). Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, p.38, Bantam292Thought
Daniel GolemanOne way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us. ✨ The Benefits of a Productive Cocoon by Daniel Goleman, www.huffi… ▶347Politics
Daniel GolemanIf you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then you will build the internal capacity to do that as needed - at will and voluntarily.3710Time
Daniel GolemanSocieties can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.358Death
Daniel GolemanMindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses.336Thought
Daniel GolemanEducators, long disturbed by schoolchildren's lagging scores in math and reading, are realizing there is a different and more alarming deficiency: emotional literacy. And while la… ▶314LifeReadingTime
Daniel GolemanEvery morning, I go off to a small studio behind my house to write. I try to ignore all email and phone calls until lunchtime. Then I launch into the sometimes frantic busy-ness o… ▶293Time
Daniel GolemanWhen 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.3610HumanityReading
Daniel GolemanEmotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood. ✨ Daniel Goleman (2012). Emotional Intelli… ▶271Humor
Daniel GolemanEmpathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what people have to say. They lis… ▶348HumanityPolitics
