Emotional Intelligence (Experience)

The #1 Bestseller • The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart, with a new foreword by the author

"A carefully written, compelling narrative that explains emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial." - USA Today

Everyone knows that a high IQ doesn't guarantee success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant account from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers a stunning new look at our two "brains"—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny.

Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman outlines the factors at play when high-IQ people stumble and low-IQ people do surprisingly well. These factors, which include self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy, combine to produce a different kind of intelligence—and they aren't fixed at birth. Although emotional intelligence is shaped by childhood experiences, it can be cultivated and enhanced throughout adulthood, yielding immediate benefits for our health, relationships, and work.

The 25th anniversary edition of "Emotional Intelligence" comes at a perfect time: We spend more of our time online, jobs are becoming increasingly automated and digital, and our children are learning new technologies faster than we ever imagined. With a new introduction from the author, the 25th anniversary edition prepares readers, now more than ever, to reach their full potential and stand out from the crowd with the help of emotional intelligence.