Emotional Intelligence: The One Book You Must Read in 2020.
And why it can be the book you always refer to.
You may have been a straight-A student. But the rollercoaster of life doesn’t care. Emotional intelligence is your key to success.
As we enter the 2020s, the majority of middle-aged citizens will soon become the Millenial kids. We are the group that completed college more than any generation before. Yes, Millennials are the most educated this world has ever seen.
But despite our academic achievement, it seems we’re the most frustrated, angry, upset and sad when discussing the issues that will define future generations. And when we are not in control of our emotions, we lose ourselves.
In 1995, Daniel Goleman wrote Emotional Intelligence, and this seminal work can put us back into the driver’s seat of our own lives. If we are in tune with our emotions, we can control our responses to be both informative and reflective. Our words and actions can resonate and solutions can be debated and discussed. And, we can better deploy our academic skills to change this world for the better.
Put this one on top of your booklist for 2020. Here are three reasons why.
Reason 1
Emotional Intelligence Applies a Genuine Curiosity to the Issues that Matter.
Academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. The brightest among us can founder on the shoals of unbridled passions and unruly impulses; people with high IQs can be stunningly poor pilots of their private lives.
My experience with fellow millennials is the susceptibility we have to believe strong, emotive narratives. Despite our academic rigour, we fall prey to disturbing images, overlaid with catchphrases.
It’s not our fault after all. Such imagery sparks our emotional brains and re-wire our ability to conceptualize a different understanding. Emotional intelligence, as Goleman writes, is the ability to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustration. To control impulse and delay…
