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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
3.5 Stars
I'd recommend consuming this one in measured bites, so as to give yourself more time to contemplate your own personal experience and possible applications.
I'm at a bit of a loss as to whether I should round my rating up or down. The prose is serviceable, although not exceptional, as far as non-fiction goes. There's not much for memorable quotes. And it was hard not to suspect some hyperbole with some of the claims made regarding EQ relevancy (particularly in terms of quantifiable personal success), as there's not much for sources cited.
I also wasn't at all a fan of the single-use testing code. As I read a borrowed copy, I wasn't eligible--and so can't offer my opinion on their online EQ testing. (I instead took three other free ones and averaged out their scores.) If they are any indicator, Emotional Intelligence testing functions more on the order of personality testing--relying upon a sort of know-thyself honor system. It's very easy to lie, to deceive oneself by answering in a manner that's more wishful than truthful, or to simply lack the self-awareness to answer in an accurate manner.
Still, I find this a valuable subject--one I wish I'd been cognizant of when I was growing up. I know many people who are incredibly intelligent, but unable to get very far with said smarts due to social and relational comprehension issues. (To some extent, I could include myself in that count. Social interactions have never come easily or naturally to me, and I'm aware of how much that has hindered certain areas of my life and career.) I'm so glad to see it being addressed and made a more mainstream consideration by books like this.
I'd recommend consuming this one in measured bites, so as to give yourself more time to contemplate your own personal experience and possible applications.
I'm at a bit of a loss as to whether I should round my rating up or down. The prose is serviceable, although not exceptional, as far as non-fiction goes. There's not much for memorable quotes. And it was hard not to suspect some hyperbole with some of the claims made regarding EQ relevancy (particularly in terms of quantifiable personal success), as there's not much for sources cited.
I also wasn't at all a fan of the single-use testing code. As I read a borrowed copy, I wasn't eligible--and so can't offer my opinion on their online EQ testing. (I instead took three other free ones and averaged out their scores.) If they are any indicator, Emotional Intelligence testing functions more on the order of personality testing--relying upon a sort of know-thyself honor system. It's very easy to lie, to deceive oneself by answering in a manner that's more wishful than truthful, or to simply lack the self-awareness to answer in an accurate manner.
Still, I find this a valuable subject--one I wish I'd been cognizant of when I was growing up. I know many people who are incredibly intelligent, but unable to get very far with said smarts due to social and relational comprehension issues. (To some extent, I could include myself in that count. Social interactions have never come easily or naturally to me, and I'm aware of how much that has hindered certain areas of my life and career.) I'm so glad to see it being addressed and made a more mainstream consideration by books like this.
I’ve been reading this book with one of the employee resource groups within my company. I feel as though a lot of useful skills were called out that I will be applying to my life and the relationships I share with others.
I do see some areas of the book and the test results to be areas of improvement. The test thinks differently than I do for these AOI.
Straightforward, with decent examples and descriptions, but not an extraordinary reference I see myself returning to often. Maybe I'd appreciate it if I had poorer comparisons, but I just wasn't blown away.
Straightforward, with decent examples and descriptions, but not an extraordinary reference I see myself returning to often. Maybe I'd appreciate it if I had poorer comparisons, but I just wasn't blown away.
A perfectly average work-related read. There are a few morsels in here that were good to revisit. If you are reading this book, you are probably thoughtful enough to recognize or already know most of these suggestions, but as always it helps to see them. If you receive this book brand new, there is also an online quiz you can take that will help highlight your "problem" areas.
There have been many references to Emotional Intelligence 2.0 in my world over the past several years, but they hadn’t managed to break through and cause me to read it. I had read Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence some years ago and it had stuck with me. In the intervening six years much of what I struggled to process became clearer. I added input from others, studied Buddhism, and worked on better understanding neurology. The problem wasn’t that Daniel Goleman didn’t have it right or that he didn’t understand it. The problem was that the content wasn’t very accessible.
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I'm only halfway and I had to stop. Much of the book is self-promotion and another large portion are uninteresting anecdotes about people who have had their names changed talking about others who have had their names changed. I think the book should spend less time on proving that their methods work and just tell us how to increase our emotional intelligence.
There are some good tips like "pay attention to how you're feeling. Every thought has an associated emotion. Lean in to what you're feeling instead of minimalizing it; allow yourself to feel it" but then there are tips like "If you're feeling angry, count to ten". This is an old one and I'm sure it's useful but is this what people who don't have anger issues do when they feel angry? I doubt it. Are we trying to increase our emotional intelligence or are we trying to pretend to have emotional intelligence?
The book is very dry and clinical. Not the most engaging self-help book I've come across. I just realized there are more books that I could better spend my time with than this one.
There are some good tips like "pay attention to how you're feeling. Every thought has an associated emotion. Lean in to what you're feeling instead of minimalizing it; allow yourself to feel it" but then there are tips like "If you're feeling angry, count to ten". This is an old one and I'm sure it's useful but is this what people who don't have anger issues do when they feel angry? I doubt it. Are we trying to increase our emotional intelligence or are we trying to pretend to have emotional intelligence?
The book is very dry and clinical. Not the most engaging self-help book I've come across. I just realized there are more books that I could better spend my time with than this one.
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A lot of this book kind of "goes without saying", but I did take some notes and have found valuable ways to apply the strategies in my life.