Book Titles

Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Harness the Power of the #1 Predictor of Success

By Travis Bradberry

Year Published: 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0974320625
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Success

85 Quotes Found

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0:

…admit to yourself that even the most stable, trusted facets of your life are not completely under your control.

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0:

Social awareness is centered on your ability to recognize and understand the emotions of others.

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Greeting someone by name is one of the most basic and influential social awareness strategies you can adopt. It’s a personal and meaningful way to engage someone.

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It feels so good when people use your name and remember it.

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0:

…the key to social awareness is focusing on others, instead of on yourself, so that you can be more effective.

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0:

Multi-tasking actually sacrifices your quality of work, as the brain is simply incapable of performing at a high level in multiple activities at once.

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0:

When you are in conversation, don’t interrupt the other person until he or she is completely finished.

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Make being in the present moment a habit; it will only lift your social awareness skills.

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0:

…planning the future and reflecting on the past are valuable exercises, but doing this throughout your day interferes with what is front of you – your present.

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0:

…watching movies from the land of make-believe is one of the most useful and entertaining ways to practice your social awareness skills for the real world.

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