Daniel Goleman - Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Pros: easy to read/valuable insight
Cons: contains some jargon

Enough has been presented through recent years to de-bunk the importance of the standard IQ tests. While being useful to gauge a certain type of intelligence, these tests are culturally biased and are practically worthless when it comes to figuring...

Pros: scientifically sound, well written
Cons: some parts might be boring

Can't the geeks ever win? Didn't everyone say that the computer age would be the true revenge of the nerds? That computer geek who was awkward in any conversation, and clueless about what other people thought about him, didn't we always joke about...

Pros: Easy to read, applies to our lives.
Cons: none

I am a college student who has just taken his first psychology class this past year. I have not read a lot of psychology texts, but Daniel Goleman's "Emotional Intelligence" was so easy to read that I recommend it to anyone interested in...

Pros: Well written, a mind opener
Cons: I don't think there are any

Prior to Emotional Intelligence I was moved to think that I.Q. was the great and mighty judgement to success and intelligence. You can probably recall those times when you overhear praise of certain individuals for their I.Q., but then would find out...

Pros: Insightful, helpful, good explanations and good reading.
Cons: A lot of information to take in.

After reading this book, it has helped me to better understand and work better with my co-workers in the workplace. Reading it, I learned more about using our emotional intelligence to create better work environment, how we have two minds rational/emotional and the ways we use them to help us make decisions and ways we can manage our emotions. This is a great book to get educated on males and females minds to understand what their thought processes are. This would be a good book to have available at companies and corporations for everyone from the top down to read.