http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:08:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those of us who struggle to resist junk foods or otherwise suffer a lack of will power will be heartened by some good and bad news from neuroscience. First, the bad news.  A slew of studies suggest that we each have a fixed neural reservoir of will power, and that if ... http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/04/20/build-your-will-power/ The sub-title of my 1995 book Emotional Intelligence reads, “Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.”  That subtitle, unfortunately, has led to misinterpretations of what I actually say – or at least it seems to among people who read no further than the subtitle. I’m appalled at how many people ... http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/03/24/when-emotional-intelligence-does-not-matter-more-than-iq/ I’ve long argued that outstanding leadership requires a combination of self-mastery and social intelligence. What’s the difference? Self-mastery refers to how we handle ourselves; for those familiar with my model of emotional intelligence, self-mastery breaks down into self-awareness and self-control. The leadership competencies that build on self-mastery include self-confidence, the ... http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/02/28/leadership-social-intelligent-is-essential/ Here’s a sneak preview of some headlines that you’ll see in the next few months: teaching kids to be more emotionally and socially competent boosts their academic achievement. More precisely, when schools offer students programs in social and emotional learning, their achievement scores gain around 11 percentile points. In the ... http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/02/15/some-big-news-about-learning/ Daniel Goleman and Larry Brilliant, Part 1.  Brilliant -- medical doctor, philanthropist, humanitarian, and Executive Director of Google.org -- discusses "compassionate capitalism" in business practices. Download now. http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/01/28/daniel-goleman-and-larry-brilliant/ Conversations with luminaries in varied fields, available exclusively from More Than Sound Productions.  Subscribe now! http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/01/26/wired-to-connect-podcast/ A recent comparison of the mental and physical health of Americans and Britons raises some intriguing questions. Consider these data points: Americans spend 2.5 more on health care than do Brits – yet have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, lung disease, and cancer. The richest, healthiest Americans are as sick ... http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/01/25/does-america-need-more-neighborhood-pubs/ The sociologist Anselm Strauss was a proponent of methods to generate “grounded theory,” that is, a progressive series of hypothesis that are tested, then refined according to what the data shows, and tested again, and so refined, in a perpetual cascade of theory-data loops, each of which presents new conclusions ... http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/01/12/the-inexplicable-monks-on-second-thought/ One of my most basic assumptions about the relationship between mental effort and brain function has begun to crumble. Here’s why. My earliest research interests as a psychologist were in the ways mental training can shape biological systems. My doctoral dissertation was a psychophysiological study of meditation as an intervention ... http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2008/01/01/the-inexplicable-monks/ George Lucas and Daniel Goleman discuss the many ways that social and emotional learning enhance the education process.  Read the interview at edutopia.org: http://www.edutopia.org/lucas-goleman-social-emotional-learning http://www.danielgoleman.info/blog/2007/12/03/educating-hearts-and-minds-an-interview-with-george-lucas/