85. Is Emotional Intelligence Really So Important?
No Stupid Questions
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🗓️ 6 February 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So, sorry, I've forgotten the actual question. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Angela Duckworth. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm Stephen Dubner. |
| 0:08.5 | And you're listening to no stupid questions. |
| 0:12.0 | Today on the show, how important is emotional intelligence? |
| 0:15.7 | Really? |
| 0:16.7 | You're having a performance review and the person that you're giving the feedback to |
| 0:20.3 | breaks out in tears and starts crying uncontrollably. |
| 0:24.1 | What do you do next? |
| 0:25.1 | Just lap them or should cross the face. |
| 0:31.5 | Angela, do you care about politics at all? |
| 0:34.7 | Not at all. |
| 0:35.7 | Okay, good. |
| 0:36.7 | That's two of us. |
| 0:37.7 | I have a question that's kind of about politics, but I think it plays into your strengths beautifully |
| 0:43.3 | and the question is as follows. |
| 0:45.6 | We have a new mayor in New York City's name is Eric Adams. |
| 0:49.0 | And he has said that as he assembles his administration, the number one criterion, he's |
| 0:55.1 | relying on to make appointments is emotional intelligence. |
| 1:00.4 | And my gut reaction was that it's probably a great idea, but my question for you is, is |
| 1:06.6 | emotional intelligence a truly real quantifiable quality? |
| 1:13.2 | Like, is it a thing? |
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