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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
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Good read with lots of useful strategies for improving your self-awareness and strengthening your interpersonal impact. Comes with an online quiz you take before me after reading. I'm still working through this book, since there are a lot of recommended exercises and what not. For instance, they suggest you select one of four major components, find a mentor, and get good at improving in that area. I'm a bit busy for that, and wanted to get the general learnings first. This is definitely digestible and actionable enough to come back to regularly. I consider it a great new tool to have at my disposal.
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Required reading for work, obviously not my own personal taste in reading material, but our past books have had some redeeming qualities about them so I hoped this might too.
Unfortunately I found little to like about this book. It's very skewed I feel towards an extrovert ideal - despite the author's assurances in the beginning that EQ has nothing to do with being an introvert or an extrovert, I can't entirely agree that the book backs that up and definitely has it's preferences.
Most of this stuff is pretty much useless information, things you can pretty much glean by just being observant and interacting with people on a day to day basis. It doesn't really offer much in the way of tips or examples, and frankly I feel it doesn't really back up its claims with any talk about the research or studies that lead to this supposedly amazing premises the book wants to sell us.
There are also annoying little blurbs in the margins of the chapter that are essentially just quotes from the paragraphs right next to them- perhaps the author felt the readers were so dim they needed to see key points twice, once in the text and then again in big bold outlined boxes in the margins? I don't know, but it was very annoying.
Wouldn't really recommend at all.
Unfortunately I found little to like about this book. It's very skewed I feel towards an extrovert ideal - despite the author's assurances in the beginning that EQ has nothing to do with being an introvert or an extrovert, I can't entirely agree that the book backs that up and definitely has it's preferences.
Most of this stuff is pretty much useless information, things you can pretty much glean by just being observant and interacting with people on a day to day basis. It doesn't really offer much in the way of tips or examples, and frankly I feel it doesn't really back up its claims with any talk about the research or studies that lead to this supposedly amazing premises the book wants to sell us.
There are also annoying little blurbs in the margins of the chapter that are essentially just quotes from the paragraphs right next to them- perhaps the author felt the readers were so dim they needed to see key points twice, once in the text and then again in big bold outlined boxes in the margins? I don't know, but it was very annoying.
Wouldn't really recommend at all.
I really enjoyed this book. It’s a simple and quick read, but your eyes are opened by statements that you feel you have to internalize, write down, and re-read.
I have learned things that I will put into practice, but my only problem with the book was the lessons, while can be replicated in other cultures, have to be tweaked to in fact, have a greater impact in those cultures. Kenyan communication is one the most abrasive I’ve ever experienced. Most times I choose not to engage when it’s a simple ask and answer. I’ve come to realize it’s mostly defensive. A lot of miscommunication here. What people think is communication is merely just a person talking and another hearing (not listening, hearing) and forming a response.
Another question would be if this translated to non-verbal communication. Mostly text and social media. People on Twitter especially can take offense at the smallest things, and when you try to apply any of these principles it seems to make things worse.
All in all, this was a great book, and I’m definitely more emotionally intelligent. I hope to keep putting these principles into practice.
I have learned things that I will put into practice, but my only problem with the book was the lessons, while can be replicated in other cultures, have to be tweaked to in fact, have a greater impact in those cultures. Kenyan communication is one the most abrasive I’ve ever experienced. Most times I choose not to engage when it’s a simple ask and answer. I’ve come to realize it’s mostly defensive. A lot of miscommunication here. What people think is communication is merely just a person talking and another hearing (not listening, hearing) and forming a response.
Another question would be if this translated to non-verbal communication. Mostly text and social media. People on Twitter especially can take offense at the smallest things, and when you try to apply any of these principles it seems to make things worse.
All in all, this was a great book, and I’m definitely more emotionally intelligent. I hope to keep putting these principles into practice.
Quick, easy to read, and practical !
Real nice book !
Real nice book !
informative
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informative
reflective
fast-paced