287 Quotes by Daniel Goleman

Benjamin Franklin put it well: “Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.

Doggedness depends on emotional traits – enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks – above all else.

Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there’s more need for affiliation.

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs – in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.

As much as 80% of adult “success” comes from EQ.

Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – this is not easy. ARISTOTLE, The Nicomachean Ethics.

Mindfulness helps especially for those of us for whom every setback, hurt or dissapointment creates endless cascades of rumination.

Daydreaming defeats practice; those of us who browse TV while working out will never reach the top ranks. Paying full attention seems to boost the mind’s processing speed, strengthen synaptic connections, and expand or create neural networks for what we are practicing.

Emotional resilience comes down to how quickly we recover from upsets. People who are highly resilient – who bounce back right away – can have as much as thirty times more activation in the left prefrontal area than those who are less resilient.