Daniel Goleman Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses.”

“There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.”

“When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions.”

“Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation.”

“Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.”

“If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend to the moment.”

“Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.”

“The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.”

“Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.”

“I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.”