For The High Achievers, Studying Gave Them

Ceos Are Hired For Their Intellect And Business Expertise - And Fired For A Lack Of Emotional Intelligence.

Great Leaders, The Research Shows, Are Made As They Gradually Acquire, In The Course Of Their Lives And Careers, The Competencies That Make Them So Effective. The Competencies Can Be Learned By Any Leader, At Any Point.

School Success Is Not Predicted By A Child's Fund Of Facts Or A Precocious Ability To Read As Much As By Emotional And Social Measures; Being Self-assured And Interested: Knowing What Kind Of Behavior Is Expected And How To Rein In The Impulse To Misbehave; Being Able To Wait, To Follow Directions, And To Turn To Teachers For Help; And Expressing Needs While Getting Along With Other Children.

Our Emotional Mind Will Harness The Rational Mind To Its Purposes, For Our Feelings And Reactions-- Rationalizations-- Justifying Them In Terms Of The Present Moment, Without Realizing The Influence Of Our Emotional Memory.

Attention Is A Little-noticed And Underrated Mental Asset.