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Emotional Intelligence 2.0
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Item Description...
Overview
Presents a step-by-step guide for increasing emotional intelligence through four core principles: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationsip management. |
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Pages 255
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 5" Height: 7"
Weight: 0.86 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 0974320625
EAN 9780974320625
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Availability 152 units.
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More About Ph.D. Bradberry Travis, Jean Greaves, Patrick Lencioni, Sue DeLazaro & Ph.D. Monday Melissa
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 | Do Not Buy Kindle Edition Nov 19, 2009 |
I bought the kindle edition. The book is designed in a way that you must take an online survey for the book to be useful. But there is no passcode included in the kindle edition.
I am very disappointed with this. this site - this does not make sense. How do I get the passcode? If it is not possible to get the passcode with the kindle edition then my money should be refunded. And the limitation clearly stated in the product description. | | |  | Timely Nov 15, 2009 |
| I found Emotional Intelligence 2.0 to be highly relevant for the challenges I'm facing today in this down economy. I feel as if my emotional intelligence skills (or, sometimes, lack of them) are being challenged everyday at my job and in my home. I appreciate the skills this book taught me, and it was very reasonably priced. | | | | Essential reading Nov 9, 2009 |
| I don't have much to say that hasn't already been written in the other reviews, but this book is outstanding. Its teachings have important implications for anyone. | | | | Way better than the first Nov 8, 2009 |
I read the authors' first best-selling emotional intelligence book, and I think that 2.0 is a huge improvement. Here's a chapter by chapter look at why:
-FOREWORD BY PATRICK LENCIONI-
Lencioni is one of those gurus that has sold millions of books, none about emotional intelligence (EQ). As Lencioni proclaims in the foreword, he's no EQ expert, but he sees everyday how critical a skill it is to have and he's so enthusiastic about this book because it's the first he's read that actually shows you how to increase your EQ and apply it in your life.
-THE JOURNEY-
This chapter opens with a riveting story of a surfer who is attacked by a great white shark in California. I won't spoil it by telling you how, but the story is a great illustration of the power of emotion and how important it is to understand and manage our emotions. This chapter also illustrates how our brains are wired to react to events emotionally before our reason kicks in, and it lays the groundwork for the process by which the rest of the book will teach you to increase your EQ.
-THE BIG PICTURE-
This chapter teaches what EQ is and what it isn't. For example, a lot of people mistakenly think that EQ is a part of your personality. To the contrary EQ is separate from your personality, just as it is separate from your intellect, or IQ. It begins to build your understanding of emotions by showing what the five core emotions look like in varying degrees of intensity. Next the authors fun and engaging approach explains studies that illustrate how important EQ is in daily living. They show how your EQ impacts things like your tolerance for change, how you manage stress, even how much money you make!
-WHAT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE LOOKS LIKE: UNDERSTANDING THE FOUR SKILLS-
Teaches the four EQ skills: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Beyond a conceptual description of the skills, detailed vignettes show examples of real people who are high or low in each of the skills. You'll undoubtedly be reminded of people you know as you read them, including yourself!
-DIGGING IN: MY EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ACTION PLAN-
If you haven't already, by this point in the book you need to open the orange envelope inside the back cover and retrieve the unique passcode that lets you go online to take the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal test. I'd actually heard of this test (it's the most widely used EQ test out there), so I thought it was pretty cool that they let you take it for free with the book. In addition to revealing your EQ scores, your test results guide you through the areas you need to work on improving the most. This chapter helps you to develop your plan of attack, including the action plan where you actually record what it is your going to do and by when.
-SELF-MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES-
(ACTUALLY THERE IS A CHAPTER OF STRATEGIES FOR EACH SKILL, BUT I'LL JUST DESCRIBE THIS ONE)
This section of the book has 66 strategies to increase your EQ. Each strategy is well-detailed (most 2-3 pages) and something that you can begin doing immediately. Your test results tell you which EQ skill you need to work on the most (for me it was Self-management), as well as which of the chapter's strategies will increase your ability in that skill the most. I thought this part was pretty cool. Basically, the test analyzed my score profile and picked the three strategies that would improve my biggest weaknesses in self-management. One of the strategies it suggested, Breathe Right, hit the nail on the head. I'm not one of these people that needs to take a deep breath to calm down and stop being angry, which is good because that's NOT what the strategy is teaching. Actually, it illustrates how some of us, when left to our own devices, breathe too shallow, which deprives some of the higher (rational) areas of the brain of the oxygen needed to keep us completely calm and focused. So now, whenever I need to clear my head, think on my feet at work, make a tough decision, figure out what I should get my wife for her birthday, etc. I use this breathing strategy, and I'm continually amazed by how quickly it makes me calm and focused. Anyway, that's just one self-management strategy, but I thought it'd be useful for you to see what one is like in detail.
-EPILOGUE--JUST THE FACTS: A LOOK AT THE LATEST DISCOVERIES IN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE-
This epilogue is quite interesting. The authors' company is a think tank that has tested more than half a million people worldwide, and they share some of the more interesting conclusions from their data that didn't show up earlier in the book. For example, women outscore men in overall EQ, but the sexes have an equal ability in self-awareness (men fall short because they do less with the emotional information they take in). Anyhow, there are studies of EQ differences across various generations (Boomers vs. Millenials is really interesting), in different job titles (CEO's have the lowest EQ in the workforce!), and even US vs. China (our new, big economic competitor).
-DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR READING GROUPS-
This last appendix has some great questions for discussion. I'm not in a book club, but my wife read the book and we talked about some of these questions and it led to some really interesting discussions.
Five stars on this book for sure!
| | | | Good stuff Nov 7, 2009 |
| This is the most thought-provoking book I've read in a long time. Without being simplistic, it introduced me to great ideas and so many new skills that I am already using to my benefit. Being intellectually smart is surely a strong advantage in our society, but it doesn't say nearly as much as your control over and awareness of your emotions. Have you ever wondered how your brain processes emotions and how you can use them to your own advantage? I've never read a book that so clearly explains how it all works and what you can do with it. | | | Write your own review about Emotional Intelligence 2.0
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