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A review by flz
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
4.0
I'm not the biggest non-fiction reader, as I'm more interested in light stories that I can actually imagine how the sequence of the events is happening. That being said, reading "Emotional Intelligence" wasn't an easy thing for me to do. It took me more than a year to finish reading this book since I kind of tapped out after reading a chapter or so. Not gonna lie, it also kinda put me in a reading slump, to the point that I had to start a few other books because I thought I needed to read something else in between reading this book to keep myself interested.
After a while, I realized that I had more interest in the later chapters. I zoned out when reading passages about how the brain works, but my eyes were glued to the pages that discussed anger, empathy, emotion regulation, and especially how to teach emotional intelligence to little kids. I highlighted so many parts from the later chapters because I deemed them as more interesting than talking about... the brain and all its contents.
The book was very insightful to me and it was quite an interesting read regardless of the long time I had to spend to finish reading it. With this being said, I'm planning to reread the book sometime later, to actually comprehend all the passages (and especially those from the first few chapters) instead of just letting them pass by, with the hope of getting more insights.
After a while, I realized that I had more interest in the later chapters. I zoned out when reading passages about how the brain works, but my eyes were glued to the pages that discussed anger, empathy, emotion regulation, and especially how to teach emotional intelligence to little kids. I highlighted so many parts from the later chapters because I deemed them as more interesting than talking about... the brain and all its contents.
The book was very insightful to me and it was quite an interesting read regardless of the long time I had to spend to finish reading it. With this being said, I'm planning to reread the book sometime later, to actually comprehend all the passages (and especially those from the first few chapters) instead of just letting them pass by, with the hope of getting more insights.