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Optimal

By: Daniel Goleman, Cary Cherniss
Narrated by: Mike Lenz
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Emotional intelligence is now embedded in our public discourse: an idea so pervasive and important in our work, culture, politics and society that leaders such as Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, and New York City mayor Eric Adams have placed it at the heart of what they do.

Daniel Goleman's bestselling book Emotional Intelligence was the first to coin this idea and bring it to a mass audience. Now, more than a quarter of a century after it was first published, he and Rutgers professor of psychology Cary Cherniss take a fresh look at how emotional intelligence has evolved over the past few decades, reframing its importance in this definitive book.

Beginning with a dissection of what makes for individual success, Goleman and Cherniss then set out how high performance can be cultivated at every level, scaling up the concept to top team performance and outstanding organisations. Building on attributes such as self-awareness, a sense of meaning and emotional balance, high concentration and 'flow' states, they demonstrate that it is in our optimal moments that our mental clarity shines.

©2024 Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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Interesting

The chapters and story was well succinct and flowed nicely. It is from an American view point which seemed a little behind the UK. for example bosses don't shout at your employees it won't motivate them. This I feel is a given in most employment otherwise there will be a HR issue. However I did still take away some points. I.particularly enjoyed the 2nd half of the book. I would recommend.

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An obvious point laboriously made.

Too much fluff, name dropping and examples that were hard to listen to on fast even!

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