In politics, readily dismissing inconvenient people can easily extend to dismissing inconvenient truths about them.
Emotional intelligence does not mean merely being nice. At strategic moment it may demand not being nice, but rather, for example, bluntly confronting someone with an uncomfortable but consequential t...
Si quieres cambiar el mundo, primero intenta mejorar, hacer un cambio dentro de ti. Así contribuirás a cambiar a tu familia y a partir de ahí el cambio se expandirá- Dalai Lama.
Research by Harvard’s Howard Gardner, Stanford’s William Damon, and Claremont’s Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi zeroed in on what they call good work, a potent mix of what people are excellent at, what engage...
People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.
In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels.
Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.
The biological influence passing from person to person suggests a new dimension of a life well lived: conducting ourselves in ways that are beneficial even at this subtle level for those with whom we...
The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.
Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.
Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our wo...
Social distance makes it all the easier to focus on small differences between groups and to put a negative spin on the ways of others and a positive spin on our own.
A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if momm...
Resposta: a inteligência acadêmica pouco tem a ver com a vida emocional.
World Health Organization estimates that outdoor air pollution causes about 3.2 million deaths yearly worldwide.15
There can be a downside to the achievement drive: some people become workaholics, completely focused on their work goals and neglecting to live a full life. You can see this in students who are grinds...
Si hay menos mal humor en las altas esferas, también lo habrá en el resto del escalafón.
If there is a remedy, I feel it must lie in how we prepare our young for life.
The single most important contribution education can make to a child’s development is to help him toward a field where his talents best suit him, where he will be satisfied and competent.
Interpersonal intelligence is the ability to understand other people: what motivates them, how they work, how to work cooperatively with them. Successful salespeople, politicians, teachers, clinicians...