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Emotional Intelligence 2.0
by Jean Greaves, Travis Bradberry
Read this as an assigned reading for a biology class . . . Just no.
The book claims that intelligence and personality are fixed and cannot be changed, but that contradicts many studies that have documented otherwise. I completely disagree on the idea that intelligence cannot be increased, but the issue of personality is messy and a lot more complex. Bradberry, however, is rooted in the belief that neither are flexible. I *might* be swayed (but probably not) if he'd actually backed up his statement; instead, it's delivered in a very cavalier manner and we are just expected to believe it.
The "methods" Bradberry listed that will supposedly help improve your Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) are written in the vaguest way possible and are very unhelpful. There is no scientific data to back up any of the exercises, and most of it is just either common sense or things that people already know about.
I wonder how much effort and time actually went into this. Very disappointing considering I had hopes of gaining something.
The book claims that intelligence and personality are fixed and cannot be changed, but that contradicts many studies that have documented otherwise. I completely disagree on the idea that intelligence cannot be increased, but the issue of personality is messy and a lot more complex. Bradberry, however, is rooted in the belief that neither are flexible. I *might* be swayed (but probably not) if he'd actually backed up his statement; instead, it's delivered in a very cavalier manner and we are just expected to believe it.
The "methods" Bradberry listed that will supposedly help improve your Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) are written in the vaguest way possible and are very unhelpful. There is no scientific data to back up any of the exercises, and most of it is just either common sense or things that people already know about.
I wonder how much effort and time actually went into this. Very disappointing considering I had hopes of gaining something.