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The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Achieving Wellness and Success

Author's Name: Dr. Mark Brackett

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"We have a crisis on our hands, and the victims are our children." Dr. Marc Brackett is a professor at the Yale Child Study Center and the founding professor of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Over his 25 years as an emotion scientist, he has developed a powerful and ingenious plan for improving the lives of children and adults: a blueprint for understanding our emotions and using them wisely so that they help, not hinder, our success and well-being. At the core of his approach is a childhood legacy from his brilliant uncle, who gave him permission to feel. He was the first adult to look at Marc, listen to him, and recognize the suffering, bullying, and even harassment he had endured. This marked the beginning of Marc's awareness that his current state was temporary. He wasn't alone, he wasn't bound by a timetable, and it wasn't "wrong" to feel fear, isolation, loneliness, and anger. Now, the best thing was that he could take action. In the decades since, Marc has led major research teams and raised tens of millions of dollars to study the roots of emotional well-being. Hence, he gave his recipe for the well-being of children (and their parents, teachers, and schools) an acronym, "Aftet," as his way of sharing strategies and skills with readers all over the world. He tried this method, and it worked. This book is a mixture of scientific rigor, compassion, and inspiration in equal measure. There are many children and adults who suffer, who are ashamed of their feelings, and who don't have the emotional skill to deal with it, but they don't have to. It is Dr. Mark Brackett's life's mission to dispel that suffering.