Emotional intelligence Quotes

"I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision" "A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain." "The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain." "People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature." "When it comes to shaping our decisions and our actions, feeling counts every bit as much—and often more—than thought." "The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time." "Our emotions have a mind of their own, one which can hold views quite independently of our rational mind." "Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That’s why they look alike. " "An emotionally intelligent person can be a master of their feelings and an artist of their relationships." "CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence." "Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action." "Emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it reflects how a person applies knowledge to the immediate situation." "There's zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain." "Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood." "Our emotions are like amphibians, equally at home in the water of self-soothing as on the dry land of action."