Emotional Intelligence : Why it can matter more than IQ

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Summary: A book that gives a new concept to the language
Review: The concept of ' Emotional Intelligence ' is at the center of this work. Goleman says that mere I.Q. is not enough to understand the likelihood of someone 's success in the world. He indicates a more important factor what he calls ' emotional intelligence'. By this he means self- awareness, persistence, empathy and the ability to understand and sympathize with the feeling of another. I do not know the social -science research in this area very well. But his concept did seem to confirm something that I had seen in a number of situations i.e. that it is peoples' ability to get along with other people which is a key element in many forms of life and work success. Perhaps I simply but this book makes a good case for this, providing also a large number of examples as confirmation.

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Summary: Should be required reading in every school
Review: This book is incredible. The coverage on the aspects of emotional intelligence is quite rich and easily read. I have introduced all of my kids and favored friends to the book and the concepts it contains.

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Summary: Ridiculous! That's the best way to describe this book.
Review: I'm a psychologist that has specialized in emotions. All I can say is that this book makes a mockery of science. Goleman has fooled millions to gain millions. Don't let him fool you too.

IQ is the most important individual trait predictor of success and there are thousands of studies to prove it. It's not everything, however, which is why personality--as traditionally studied (e.g., the big five framework)--should also be used to predict life success.

Goleman comes along with "new discoveries" shouting EUREKA...and people follow merely because others have followed and because the message sounds intuitively appealing. The message is false, specious, illusionary. Don't believe it.

If you really want to know more about the (...) head-quack Dan Goleman read a book that based on real science. It's called "Emotional Intelligence: Science and Myth" by Matthews, Zeidner, and Roberts.

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Summary: Pseudoscience and quackary at its best
Review: This advice is primarily written to those who do not know about how to conduct and read science: DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS BOOK.

Emotional intelligence is voodoo science at its best. It sounds intuitively appealing but there nothing behind it. Plenty of research has now been undertaken and guess what? According to a recent meta-analysis (an integration of many studies) EQ correlates very weakly with work performance (in fact about 3 times less that does IQ--go ahead, take a look at the Journal of Vocational Behavior, a credible and well-respected scientific journal to check the accuracy of my statement).

But Goleman preaches the opposite; speculating where he shouldn't be. What he's done and currently doing is shocking and unethical. It seems that he's only in it for the money; or maybe, he's just not as smart (IQ!) as he makes out to be.