The Science of Emotional Intelligence | Daniel Goleman

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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How much would your relationships improve if you could up your emotional intelligence game? That phrase -- emotional intelligence -- entered the lexicon 25 years ago, when my friend Daniel Goleman wrote a book by the same name. And so on this episode, to mark the 25th anniversary edition of Emotional Intelligence, we're having Danny on the show. By way of background, he is a Harvard-trained psychologist who, along with other contemplative luminaries such as Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and others, went to Asia and discovered meditation in the 1960s, and then made it a huge part of their lives and careers. In this conversation, we talk about: the four components of emotional intelligence, how to develop them, and why these skills matter so much during the middle of a pandemic. We also discuss: empathy and relationship management in the age of zoom; the "marshmallow test" and impulse control; a phenomenon he calls "amygdala hijacks"; and why so many Jewish kids in the sixties and seventies got turned on to Buddhism. Where to find Daniel Goleman online: Website: http://www.danielgoleman.info Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielGolemanEI Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/danielgoleman Books Mentioned: Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Richie Davidson https://www.richardjdavidson.com/altered-traits Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl https://bookshop.org/books/man-s-search-for-meaning-9780807014271/9780807014271 A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World by Daniel Goleman https://bookshop.org/books/a-force-for-good-the-dalai-lama-s-vision-for-our-world/9780553394894 How much could your relationships improve if your loved ones practiced mindfulness together? For a limited time, if you buy yourself a subscription to Ten Percent Happier, we'll send you a free gift subscription to share with whomever you'd like. Note that nothing is permanent, and this offer is no exception: get it before it ends by going to www.tenpercent.com/december. Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/daniel-goleman-307

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0:00.0	This is the 10% Happier Podcast.
0:06.3	I'm Dan Harris.
0:10.1	Hey, everybody.
0:12.4	How much better and smoother would your life be if you were not so owned by your emotions?
0:18.5	If you could sit in a frustrating meeting without popping off unnecessarily, if you could
0:22.8	communicate clearly with your romantic partner without being overtaken by frustration, if
0:27.7	you could be afraid of taking risks or getting on airplanes or giving speeches, but do it
0:32.3	anyway.
0:33.8	One name for this skill is emotional intelligence.
0:38.4	That phrase was popularized by my friend Daniel Goldman more than 25 years ago.
0:43.1	Danny, which is what his friends call him, is a Harvard trained psychologist who, along
0:48.3	with other contemplative luminaries such as Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzburg and John
0:53.4	Kabatzen and many others, went to Asia back in the 1960s and discovered meditation and
0:59.7	then made it a huge part of their lives and careers.
1:03.3	Danny reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for the New York Times for many years.
1:07.2	And then in 1995, he released a book called Emotional Intelligence, which became a New York
1:12.5	Times bestseller with more than 5 million copies in print around the world in 40 languages.
1:18.9	It was also listed as one of Time Magazine's 25 most influential business management books.
1:25.6	And in this conversation, we talked about the four components of emotional intelligence
1:30.1	and how to develop them.
1:31.8	Impulse control and how it relates to childhood development, a phenomenon called Amygdala
1:37.1	hijack.
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