Social intelligence

Author: (American) Daniel Goleman, translated by Wei Ping and others
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Daniel Goleman's concept of emotional intelligence has overturned the idea of innate intelligence, bringing significant impact to 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 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, even strangers we meet by chance—can alter the way our brains function and lead to vastly different behaviors. Goleman discovered that our brains need to interact with others; in essence, our brains are 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 from our hearts to our immune systems, to the extent that we can "infect" others' emotions like catching a cold. Isolation and ruthless social pressure can also shorten our lifespans. How can we ensure our children grow up happily? How can marital relationships be fulfilling and joyful? How can corporate leaders motivate their subordinates? How do office politics exhaust us? Why do we inexplicably feel drawn to certain people? How can a casual remark from others leave us flustered? 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 capabilities, determining our mental performance and shaping our future paths and achievements. If there's a saying in the workplace that "IQ determines hiring, while EQ determines promotion," then social intelligence determines the quality of your life both at work and outside of it. ..This book reveals that our relationships with others also affect our intelligence and influence every aspect of our lives.