Monday, March 31, 2025

Working with Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman (1998)

The book is fairly old and does not need any review as such. I read it recently; some of the things are definite value adds. Emotional intelligence can be applied to improve in the following five areas:

  • Self-awareness
  • Self-regulations
  • Motivation
  • Empathy
  • Social Skills

While most of it may seem common sense, practicing may take time. As a practitioner, one can apply these in personal and professional areas to improve these skills. 

The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2007)

If Fooled by Randomness focuses on probability theory, The Black Swan centers on the extreme, unpredictable outliers that lie deep beyond ...