Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Author: Jean Greaves, Travis Bradberry

Publisher: TalentSmart (2009)

Binding: Hardcover, 255 pages

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 should be mandatory reading in every office!,

The book gives specifics on how to recognize and manage your emotions. Emotions are not viewed as good or bad. They serve a purpose and this book helps you raise your emotional intelligence so as to reach your full potential in life. Unlike IQ, EQ (emotional intelligence) can be increased. I found it interesting that high IQ people can be unsuccessful in life because they have low EQ's. It's hard to put this book down - insight after insight!
- Vivian D'Agostino

Uniquely great

This book is unlike any I've ever come across in its ability to enable me to do some new things in my life through a process that is painless and straightforward. The cover says that it has a single purpose--increasing my EQ--and I've actually been able to see this happen in the weeks since I first finished the book. I'm able to understand my emotions better and respond to them more effectively. I've also gotten better at "reading" other people and connecting with them.

I think what did it for me is the book's self-contained, step-by-step program that was customized to my emotional intelligence. To get this, I went online and used the passcode that came in the book to access an emotional intelligence test. My scores highlighted areas where I should do better and some things that I already do well when it comes to emotional intelligence.

There are sixty-some strategies in the book that are dedicated to four emotional intelligence skills:

1) Self-Awareness
2) Self-Management
3) Social Awareness
4) Relationship Management

Since emotional intelligence isn't something I've really thought about much, I find the book's suggestions give me a different approach to my life at the office and my life with my family. Some suggestions are counterintuitive, while others are common sense yet hard to apply consistently until I followed the techniques from the book. The book also illustrates stories of real people with high or low emotional intelligence levels for each of the four skills, and this was both entertaining and helpful to see how the skills operate in the real world.

I bought the book because of the Patrick Lencioni foreword and the endorsements from some of my favorite authors (Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, and the Dalai Lama), and I'm glad I did!

- Roy Lincecum