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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
For a book so obviously meant to support a consulting pitch, this book offers some very good tips on how to actively cultivate the different aspects of emotional intelligence. The first half of the book is definitions and examples of good and bad social awareness skills. That part will be a bit of a yawn to anyone who has done even a little reading in this area, but the latter half of the book gives some good, practical tips on how to cultivate self-awareness, social awareness, relationship management, and self-management. There's a few gems in here that I hadn't thought of or hadn't thought of in quite that way, which makes me glad I read the book.
That said, for all it's got "2.0" in the title, I didn't get the feeling that this book really pushed the EI field any further than other works have. The authors don't acknowledge, really, any other EI work out there. There's not so much as a mention of anyone else's (including Goleman, Solovey, or Mayer) ground-laying work. Instead, the authors focus on their own surveys and their own "test" you can take. (I was not impressed by the test, really...all it did was ask, basically, "do you feel like you display this EI quality?" which focuses on your own assessment of yourself rather than measuring anything objective.) Overall, the book was a useful introduction and not a terrible "if you only read one book..." selection, but it felt much more like an introduction than a definitive, fleshed-out discussion of the topic.
That said, for all it's got "2.0" in the title, I didn't get the feeling that this book really pushed the EI field any further than other works have. The authors don't acknowledge, really, any other EI work out there. There's not so much as a mention of anyone else's (including Goleman, Solovey, or Mayer) ground-laying work. Instead, the authors focus on their own surveys and their own "test" you can take. (I was not impressed by the test, really...all it did was ask, basically, "do you feel like you display this EI quality?" which focuses on your own assessment of yourself rather than measuring anything objective.) Overall, the book was a useful introduction and not a terrible "if you only read one book..." selection, but it felt much more like an introduction than a definitive, fleshed-out discussion of the topic.
Loved how the book was structured (including an EQ test and outlined specific strategies related to my individual score) — I found the strategies very informative, helpful, and easy to use in daily life. I know I will definitely reread certain parts of the book in the future as well as look into other materials/resources about emotional intelligence
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This added real value in relationships. Practice of those methods is the key.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
2.5-3 Read this in a book club for work, which made for good discussion. On its own, it's pretty simplistic and I found a lot of the strategies to be common sense.
There are some good examples here for people to concretely work on improving their emotional intelligence, but I think this book is a little too oversimplified and doesn’t go into enough depth about the four competencies of EQ from this specific model.
With 62 touted tips, it was more about quantity over quality and mostly common sense. One tip was literally just, “Say please and thank you.” I think someone who’s mindful enough of EQ to pick up this book would probably know to do that, right?
This book having come out more than ten years ago, it was definitely ahead of the curve, but I would have hoped that maybe the authors would come out with a second edition to make a book like this still relevant.
With 62 touted tips, it was more about quantity over quality and mostly common sense. One tip was literally just, “Say please and thank you.” I think someone who’s mindful enough of EQ to pick up this book would probably know to do that, right?
This book having come out more than ten years ago, it was definitely ahead of the curve, but I would have hoped that maybe the authors would come out with a second edition to make a book like this still relevant.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
This book explains that there are 4 areas of emotional intelligence: self awareness, self management, social awareness and relationship management. It describes a person who's good in one skill and a person who's bad at that skill for each. Then It goes on to list ten or so traits for each which you can practice to strengthen your skills in that area. The examples were all pretty simplistic. One example for self management was to count to ten before reacting when you're upset. I liked how straight forward the book is but I don't know, I wanted to learn something else... Like the rationale for emotional logic over conceptual logic or something.