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Daniel Goleman is an American psychologist and author, renowned for his contributions to the field of emotional intelligence (EQ). His book 'Emotional Intelligence' became an international bestseller and propelled the importance of emotional intelligence in education, the workplace, and personal development.

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“Green is a process, not a status. We need to think of 'green' as a verb, not an adjective.”

Thinking Needs Process Green Verbs Adjectives

Book:Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything

Source: Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything

“The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.”

Thinking Business Brain Events Emotional

Author:Daniel Goleman

“Once shoppers become empowered, we will facilitate industries thinking in completely new terms; for example, making products that are totally biodegradable.”

Thinking Term Example Products Industry Empowered Facilitate Shoppers Biodegradable

Author:Daniel Goleman

“I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Mind Helping Emotion Train Manage Medication Distressing

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“I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.”

Thinking Kind Focus Bad Things

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“Emotional self-control is NOT the same as overcontrol, the stifling of all feeling and spontaneity....when such emotional suppression is chronic, it can impair thinking, hamper intellectual performance and interfere with smooth social interaction. By contrast, emotional competence implies we have a choice as to how we express our feelings.”

“In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels”

Thinking Inspirational Feels Mind Two Real Inspiration Emotional Intelligence Two Minds

Book:Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

“Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.”

Thinking Inspirational Wells Values Passion Survival Guides

Book:Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

“Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence as ingredients of excellent performance, emotional intelligence proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels.”

Source: HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence (with featured article