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Business. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML: FOREWORD BY PATRICK LENCIONI, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 is a book with a single purpose�??increasing your EQ. Here's what people are saying about it: "Emotional Intelligence 2.0 succinctly explains how to deal with emotions creatively and employ our intelligence in a beneficial way." �??THE DALAI LAMA "A fast read with compelling anecdotes and good context in which to understand and improve." �??NEWSWEEK "Gives abundant, practical findings and insights with emphasis on how to develop EQ." �??STEPHEN R. COVEY "This book can drastically change the way you think about success...read it twice." �??PATRICK LENCIONI In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack. By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction�??it's no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very different things. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 delivers a step-by-step program for increasing your EQ via four, core EQ skills that enable you to achieve your fullest potential: 1) Self-Awareness 2) Self-Management 3) Social Awareness 4) Relationsh… (more)
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The online test is a joke. The questions are so dependent on the way you see yourself and your behaviour, that even an emotional idiot could come up with a very high QE
The online test is a joke. The questions are so dependent on the way you see yourself and your behaviour, that even an emotional idiot could come up with a very high QE
What is Emotional Intelligence? Apparently, it's a rating of how you apply your emotions to your daily life,
After finding out about EQ and how it affects various aspects of your life, the writers go over some proven strategies that will help the reader improve the different elements of their Emotional Intelligence; Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Management. All four are important for a healthy EQ, and unlike IQ, which is a number that cannot be changed, EQ just takes some practice using the techniques laid out in this book.
Now, apparently there is some online quiz the reader can take with a special code provided in the back of the book, this being a library copy, the code was already revealed and, I'm assuming, used. However, knowing myself I know there are certain aspects of my EQ that need work, and several strategies mentioned seem like they might be of some help, so I'll give them a try.
The author discusses self-reflection as one of the strategies in knowing yourself. I personally have been practicing (only to some extent) to answer the following questions - What am I feeling?, Why am I feeling it?, and What should I do about it? - should definitely start doing it more.
Relationship management strategies are explained so one can employ them not only with colleagues but in their personal lives as well. The 'Be Open and Be Curious' and 'Take feedback well' strategies sound relatively simple while the 'Only get mad on purpose' is clearly the more challenging one.
Now for the downs. Page 31 gives a picture of IQ, EQ and Personality. It quotes: "Of the three, EQ is the only quality that is flexible and able to change." I'm not very sure of this statement. I've read a few articles online where experts are talking about how personalities changes occur over time. Proper brain training has also shown an improved IQ. The book itself mentions "'Plasticity' is the term neurologists use to describe the brain’s ability to change." on page 74 clearly contradicting its previous statement. Normam Doidge gives many examples of how people changed their entire lives because of a 'plastic' brain in his book - The Brain That Changes Itself. Now, if the author meant to say 'EQ is the easiest to change among them' - that is a different ball game altogether.
And yes, as others mentioned, the ebook version lacks the code required to take the test.
Best value in this book is that it provides an EQ assessment. Good book to coach someone through the four quadrants (Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Management) and help them focus on their weakest quadrant.
I couldn't help but wonder about the differences between gender and EQ ability, which they address slightly in the epilogue. I also couldn't help but wonder how much has changed in the 14 years since the book was published.
Overall, it was an interesting read. I may go back and actually follow along with the homework and activities listed in it some time in the future.