Appreciating Emotional Intelligence with Daniel Goleman

Program Description

Intelligence is more than IQ. Goleman demonstrates how our view of human intelligence is far too narrow–that it does not take into consideration what he calls “emotional intelligence.” This dialogue provides not only intriguing information but solid advice about handling the pitfalls of emotionality and using it in positive ways in your relationship, work and health. It also expands our understanding of how we learn. “It’s emotional intelligence,” says Daniel Goleman, “that allows you to use your other potentials, no matter what they may be.”

Goleman is a writer for the New York Times, and the author of Vital Lies, Simple Truths (Simon & Schuster 1985), Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (Bantam 1995), Working With Emotional Intelligence (Bantam 1998), Social Intelligence: Beyond IQ, Beyond Emotional Intelligence, The Revolutionary New Science of Human Relationships (Bantam 2006), and Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything (Doubleday 2009). To learn more about the work of Daniel Goleman go to www.DanielGoleman.info

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• The difference between mental and emotional intelligence
• The five aspects of emotional intelligence
• The role of your excitable amygdala
• How to tell when you’ve been “highjacked” by your limbic brain
• Developing “skillful anger”
• The emotional malaise of American children
• The “red-light, yellow-light, green-light” way to deal with anger
• How to deal with an angry person
• Recent research on marital arguments
• How a lack of empathy creates killers
• What educators are discovering about “emotional literacy”
• The benefits of emotional intelligence in the workplace

Program Number: 2548                    Host: Michael Toms                    Interview Date: 10/17/1995