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willoem's review
4.0
This book has good nuggets. There's not much narrative since it's just lists of illustrations of ways you can improve your personal and social intelligence, but that makes it accessible. You can leaf through it in an afternoon or evening and just read in depth the parts that speak to you.
beccamonster44's review
2.0
This book reads like an extended X Number of Ways to Improve (insert task or skill) articles from Women’s magazines of yore that would catch your attention and then disappoint you by giving you the most non-revolutionary common-sense ideas with no real elaboration or unique insight. While I didn’t really walk away with anything new I will say there were a few things that were good reminders so it wasn’t a complete waste of time.
hezaasan's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.5
It's not that the book gave incorrect information. It's not that they didn't back up their recommendations with studies and scenarios. It was that there is nothing earth shattering here, and not enough examples to make it stand out above what can be accomplished in a course on EQ. Also not many tools were offered for applying these skills -- in fact the biggest call to action was to understand the strategies, try them (which effort was very briefly covered), then take their quiz and take it again every year.
jrobison's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I was looking for a book with actionable strategies after reading Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence. This is definitely more applied, while still being backed with research. It is a very quick read with each strategy only taking up one to three pages.