Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
by Daniel Goleman
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Author: Daniel GolemanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-27
ISBN: 055338371X
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Bantam Books
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Book Review: Excessive fluff with poor layout
Summary: 1 Stars
Obviously this is my opinion and others won't agree with it, I'm not recommending you don't buy the book, although I wish I had a chance to see the book in person before I bought it, because I would have bought a different edition.
I think this may be one of the most difficult to finish mass market books you'll ever read, and not because of challenging concepts.
The general content of the book may be just fine, but you probably won't finish reading it. The author writes, and writes, and writes at length about the same ideas, and then writes some more, over, and over, and over. You will likely become disinterested in reading quickly as you will feel you're wasting your time.
However, the writing style is hardly this books largest drawback. If you should be unlucky enough to pick up the dark blue and red soft covered 10th anniversary edition, (apparently designed by Irving Perkin Associates) you'll probably find it rather difficult to read.
I suspect (and this is purely speculation) that this "fluff" is due to the publisher, or author wishing the book to be over the magic page mark required for books to be taken seriously as professional-interest writing. However when the author fluffed the book he made it too long, and then it had to be laid out to keep it under the point at which the ordinary people of the general won't suppose themselves having the free time to read. That is, they wanted to maximize sales by appearing to be of greater academic content while minimizing sales lost by appearing too challenging.
That is to say, the publisher and author may have sacrificed actually informing the public of the ideas in exchange for selling the public more copies of the ideas. I can tell you from my own experience that the physical size and page counts of non-fiction books is quite important in their sales, especially early sales before accolades and public praise have time to accumulate.
The column of text is too wide (about 40% by my estimation), around 77 characters (~4.5") and it makes tracking very difficult, if you're losing your place frequently you will likely become frustrated and assume the concepts are more challenging than they are.
The type seems to be set in 7pt (0.09") on 13pt (0.18") lines, which is also quite difficult for many people, especially those with less than perfect vision to read for an extended period of time. This will also cause you to read slower and fatigue sooner.
The margin to the outside horizontal edges of the book is 1/2" and that doesn't leave you with a lot of space to hold the book without covering the text, but it's not abnormal per say.
By far, the worst aspect of the layout of this book, that which makes it very unpleasant to read is that the text dips deeply into the binding. There is only 1/4" of margin on the bound edge of the pages. That means you can pretty much forget about reading the book without breaking the spine on every page just to see what it says; let alone reading it one handed in your favorite easy chair.
My advice is, buy the book, but don't buy the 10th anniversary paperback, and consider getting an abridged audio version.
Summary of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds"-the rational and the emotional-and how they together shape our destiny.Through vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being smart.
The best news is that "emotional literacy" is not fixed early in life. Every parent, every teacher, every business leader, and everyone interested in a more civil society, has a stake in this compelling vision of human possibility.
The Western cultures esteem analytical skills measured by IQ tests: but there is clearly more to success and happiness, even in technological societies, than IQ alone. Goleman has written one of the best books on the nature and importance of other kinds of intelligence besides our perhaps overly beloved IQ. Recommended.
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