2018.08.28 08:04
How to Attain True Wisdom, According to Neuroscientists | Inc.com
https://www.inc.com/linkedin/daniel-goleman/does-emotional-intelligence-make-you-wise-daniel-goleman.html
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2018.08.28 08:10
Daniel Goleman (born March 7, 1946) is an author and science journalist. For twelve years, he wrote for The New York Times, reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences. His 1995 book Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times Best Seller list for a year-and-a-half, a best-seller in many countries, and is in print worldwide in 40 languages. Apart from his books on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis, and the Dalai Lama’s vision for the future.(from Internet)
2018.08.28 08:20
Emotional intelligence (EI), Emotional leadership (EL),Emotional quotient (EQ) and Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ),[1] is the capability of individuals to recognize their own emotions and those of others, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, and manage and/or adjust emotions to adapt to environments or achieve one's goal(s).[2]
Although the term first appeared in a 1964 paper by Michael Beldoch, it gained popularity in the 1995 book by that title, written by author and science journalist Daniel Goleman.[3] Since this time, Goleman's 1995 analysis of EI has been criticized within the scientific community,[4] despite prolific reports of its usefulness in the popular press.[5][6][7][8]
Empathy is typically associated with EI, because it relates to an individual connecting their personal experiences with those of others. However, a number of models exist that aim to measure levels of (empathy) EI. There are currently several models of EI. Goleman's original model may now be considered a mixed model that combines what has since been modeled separately as ability EI and trait EI. Goleman defined EI as the array of skills and characteristics that drive leadership performance.[9] The trait model was developed by Konstantin Vasily Petrides in 2001. It "encompasses behavioral dispositions and self perceived abilities and is measured through self report".[10] The ability model, developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer in 2004, focuses on the individual's ability to process emotional information and use it to navigate the social environment.[11]
Studies have shown that people with high EI have greater mental health, job performance, and leadership skills although no causal relationships have been shown and such findings are likely to be attributable to general intelligence and specific personality traits rather than emotional intelligence as a construct. For example, Goleman indicated that EI accounted for 67% of the abilities deemed necessary for superior performance in leaders, and mattered twice as much as technical expertise or IQ.[12] Other research finds that the effect of EI on leadership and managerial performance is non-significant when ability and personality are controlled for,[13] and that general intelligence correlates very closely with leadership.[14] Markers of EI and methods of developing it have become more widely coveted in the past decade.[by whom?][when?] In addition, studies have begun to provide evidence to help characterize the neural mechanisms of emotional intelligence.[15][16][17]
Criticisms have centered on whether EI is a real intelligence and whether it has incremental validity over IQ and the Big Five personality traits.[18](from Internet)
2018.08.28 22:51
Obviously these brain specialists, psychologists and neuroscientists or even science journalists
and the like, have been attempting to define and quantitate what we have regarded thousands of years
as a sort of myth such as "wisdom," "empathy," "emotion," "love," etc.
This fellow, Goleman, who wrote the best seller book called "Emotional Intelligence",
is now trying to analyze the way achieving a true wisdom defined as described in the text.
At least for me I'm learning something I haven't been aware of.
It is always laudable for the students of science to try to demystify all the brain-related myths
as we are making important discoveries in brain research.
2018.09.01 21:21
Thomas Merton Wakes Up: A Zen Priest Ruminates on one of his Christian Teachers
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2018/09/thomas-merton-wakes-up-a-zen-priest-ruminates-on-one-of-his-christian-teachers.html
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"You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household."
"medical Definition of generativity. plural generativities. : a concern for people besides self and family that usually develops during middle age; especially : a need to nurture and guide younger people and contribute to the next generation "—used in the psychology of Erik Erikson.