'The Next Big Idea Daily': Sure, You're Smart — But What Kind of Smart?

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Self-improvement, Arts, Books, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Today, Travis Bradberry, author of ⁠The New Emotional Intelligence⁠, argues that understanding and managing your emotions — and the emotions of others — is even more important than IQ when it comes to success at work and in life. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, or ⁠wherever you listen⁠ 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? ⁠Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter⁠

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0:00.0	LinkedIn Presents.
0:05.6	Happy Monday, Michael Kovnaud.
0:07.8	Hey, Rufus, Mondays are my new favorite day of the week because I check in with you.
0:12.6	Oh, well, I love them too. What's up for us this week?
0:16.8	Well, Rupus, as you know, on the next big idea daily, what we do is we handpick some of the most
0:22.0	interesting new nonfiction books coming out, and we invite the authors to summarize those
0:27.1	books in 15 minutes or less.
0:29.6	Kind of like bite-sized masterclasses, right?
0:32.4	Yeah, I think of them that way.
0:34.5	And this week, we've got a lot of good stuff coming up.
0:36.5	We're going to learn how we can
0:38.1	all avoid nuclear war, which is pretty important. We're going to learn how we can become better
0:42.7	communicators. And whatever you think about the recent fights going on around migration, we're going to
0:48.6	see what we can learn from immigrant entrepreneurs. Wow, I'm looking forward to that lineup.
0:54.0	And how about today, what do you have for us? Today we're going to hear from somewhere immigrant entrepreneurs. Wow, I'm looking forward to that lineup.
0:55.2	And how about today?
0:56.3	What do you have for us?
1:01.0	Today we're going to hear from someone named Travis Bradbury, who's one of the world's leading authorities on emotional intelligence or EQ.
1:05.0	Rufus, do you happen to know what your EQ is?
1:08.0	I have no idea.
1:10.0	Well, maybe you'll find out today. Travis says that your emotional
1:13.4	intelligence or EQ is even more important than your IQ in predicting your success in business and in life.
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