Daniel Goleman Quotes

We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.

I'm an emotional person, a very emotional person.

I'm an emotional guy.

A huge part of what a kid learns when they're growing up is social and emotional development. As adults, we take it for granted that other people have emotions that are different from ours, and we can identify what they are, but those are skills that children have to learn.

I'm a very emotional person.

Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages.

I'm a pretty emotional gal.

Everyone should have a life coach. We learn history, maths, and science at school, but we don't have the tools to understand emotions: to release them and not hold on to anger.

I don't get emotional.

I listen to my emotions. That's why I react once I get provoked sometimes.

I was raised that emotion was a good thing.

I am a very emotional person.

I'm a pretty emotional person.

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what's happening, and they have better skills to work it out.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

Teaching emotional intelligence skills to people with life-threatening illnesses has been shown to reduce the rate of recurrence, shrink recovery times, and lower death rates.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

I'm an emotional person.

We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings, and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older.

I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives.