Social intelligence

Author: (American) Daniel Goleman, translated by Wei Ping and others
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Daniel Goleman's concept of emotional intelligence has overturned the notion of innate intelligence, bringing a tremendous impact on human society. The book "Emotional Intelligence" also topped the New York Times Best Seller list for a year, with over 5 million copies sold worldwide. In the book "Social Intelligence," Goleman elaborates on his new discovery, an equally groundbreaking finding—that our relationships with others also affect our intelligence and influence every aspect of our lives. We are completely unaware that the people we encounter in our daily lives—parents, spouses, friends, bosses, or even strangers we meet—can change the way our brains operate and alter our behavior in significant ways. Goleman discovered that our brains need to interact with others; our brains are fundamentally social. How we treat others, how others perceive us, and how they respond? The impact of interpersonal interactions on humans exceeds our imagination. During this process, we secrete various hormones that regulate activities in our bodies from the heart to the immune system, to the extent that we can "infect" others' emotions like catching a cold. Isolation and ruthless social pressure can also shorten our lifespan. How can we help our children grow up happily? How can marital relationships be fulfilling and happy? How can corporate leaders motivate their subordinates? How do office politics exhaust us? Why do we inexplicably feel drawn to certain people? Why does an unintentional remark from others throw us into chaos? In the book, Goleman provides detailed explanations for these profound questions and further points out that social intelligence has become a fundamental indicator of our survival ability, determining our mental performance and shaping our future path and potential achievements. If there is a saying in the workplace that "IQ determines whether you are hired, and emotional intelligence determines whether you are promoted," then social intelligence determines the quality of your life both inside and outside the workplace.