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Program Type: Audiobook; Unabridged
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Narrator:
Barrett Whitener
Publisher:
Audio Renaissance, 2002
Length: 12 hours and 40 min.
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"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)
Is IQ
destiny? Not nearly as much as we think. This
fascinating and persuasive program argues that our view
of human intelligence is far too narrow, ignoring a
crucial range of abilities that matter immensely in
terms of how we do in life.
Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral
research, Daniel Goleman shows the factors at work when
people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do
well. These factors add up to a different way of being
smart - one he terms "emotional intelligence." This
includes self-awareness and impulse control,
persistence, zeal and self-motivation, empathy, and
social deftness.
These qualities mark people who excel in life, whose
relationships flourish, who are stars in the workplace.
Lack of emotional intelligence can sabotage the
intellect and ruin careers. Perhaps the greatest toll is
on children, for whom risks include depression, eating
disorders, unwanted pregnancies, aggressiveness, and
crime.
But the news is hopeful. Emotional intelligence is
not fixed at birth, and the author shows how its vital
qualities can be nurtured and strengthened in all of us.
And because the emotional lessons a child learns
actually sculpt the brain's circuitry, he provides
guidance as to how parents and schools can best use this
window of opportunity in childhood. The message of this
eye-opening program is one we must take to heart: the
true "bell curve" for a democracy must measure emotional
intelligence.
©1995
Daniel Goleman; (P)2001 Books on Tape Inc., Published by
Audio Renaissance, a Division of Holtzbrinck Publishers
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