Anyone can become angry- that is easy. But to be angry with the
right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right
purpose, and in the right way-that is not easy -ARISTOTLE
This quote has been picked up from The Nicomachean
Ethics, Aristotles enquiry into virtue, character and good
life. The main theme of the book is to manage our emotional life with
intelligence. Our passions when well excercised, have wisdom; they
guide our thinking, our values, our survival. But they can easily go
awry and do so often. As Arsistotle saw, the problem is not with
emotionality, but with appropriateness of emotion and its expression.
The question is, how can we bring intelligence to our emotions and
civility to our streets and caring to our communal life?
Well the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman is the
answer to the above question.
What is Emotional Intelligence?What is EQ? How is it different from
IQ? Is it more important than IQ? These are some of the intriguing
questions that the book answers. The book serves as a guide in a
journey through the scientific insights into the emotions, a voyage
aimed at bringing greater understanding to some of the most perplexing
moments in our own lives & world around us. The journeys end is to
understand what it means and how to bring intelligence to emotion.
The book is divided into 5 parts
Part 1 deals with the brains emotional architecture, an understanding
of brain structures that rule our moments of rage and fear or passion
and joy.It provides an idea about shaping our emotional habits.
Part 2 deals with emotional impulse, to read anothers innermost
feelings, to handle relationships smoothly and also provides a model
of what it means to be emotionally intelligent.
Part 3 deals with the various aspects of our life where we need to
apply emotional Intelligence. Some of the prime aspects are our
worklife, prized relationships & also our physical health.
Part 4 deals with the emotional lessons that we learn as children at
home and at schools. It tells us how are childhood serves as the
benchmark for setting down the emotional habits that will govern our
lives.
Part 5 explores what hazards await those who, in growing to maturity
fail to master the emotional realm, how deficiencies in emotional
intelligence heighten a spectrum of risks, form depression or a life
of violence from sleeping disorder to drug abuse.
The most striking part of the book is the survey of thousands of
parents and teachers that shows a worldwide trend for the present
generation of children to be more troubled emotionally than the last,
more lonely and depressed, more angry and unruly, more nervous and
prone to worry.This is the basic reason the book becomes so important.
At a young age it teaches you how to handle emotions effectively and
get the best out of your life. It gives insights into how EQ is more
important than IQ, which if not utilized to its potential can destroy
a beautiful life. Anyone wanting to make it big in life, this book is
a must so that in your life whenever you face an enigmatic situation
you can face it audaciously.
Get your hands on it as soon as possible & read it to understand it.