Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence

by Jason M. Satterfield

Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's Summary

We have all had experiences with people that prove that those with the highest IQs are not always the most successful. What could these very smart people be missing? Chances are it's emotional intelligence (EQ) - the ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions in ourselves and others.

Sounds very powerful, doesn't it? Could we really manage our own emotions, as opposed to having our emotions run the show? Could we really effect change in the emotions of our coworkers or family members? The answer to all these questions is a resounding "yes".

Whether or not you understand your emotions and their resultant behaviors, they leave their impacts like footprints - for better or worse - all over the situations and people with whom you interact throughout your life, as well as affecting your cognition, decision-making, and physical body. And while some aspects of your EQ are inherited, the vast majority of EQ skills can be acquired at any age. In Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Jason Satterfield shares how to identify and regulate your own emotions, how to manage emotions in others, a step-by-step process for building your own interactive Skills Tracker to improve your personal EQ, and where to find numerous resources to improve your EQ as an ongoing, unlimited learning experience.

With the tools and skills you gather from this exciting course, you will be able to improve your emotional intelligence now and throughout your life - using your emotions as you want, to help you reach your own personal goals

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 The Great Courses (P)2017 The Teaching Company, LLC

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Self Help, Audiobook, Science, Business

Audible Audio

First published June 23, 2017

Reviews

[Viraj]

got understandings & good stories. want specific dos & don't as takeaways for daily life at work. at home for kids and spouse communication Improvement...

[Yaaresse]

DNF at about 25%
Probably some good info in here, but I have a problem listening to this narrator. Something about his presentation grates on me. Feels like I'm watching someone who has had a little too much of those canned training courses that sales people and public speakers embrace.

[Kevin Hanks]

Great series of lectures on emotional intelligence. Accessible and informative. I found many applications to both my professional and personal worlds.

[Zoe Schamehorn]

Awesome book on the history, measurement and management of emotional intelligence.
I found this incredibly useful for both personal and professional insights/growth.
Highly recommend.

[Justin Brickman]

Audiobook

[Natalie]

This is an interesting ‘Great Courses’ on Emotional Intelligence. Quite the comprehensive course that didn’t have me feeling overwhelmed with research and statistics. Of course, there was some of that used to lay a foundation; however, the author explained concepts in an easily understandable manner. There was also several patient presentations containing dialogue with the author. This not only provided a real life application of EQ, it broke up the audiobook experience and kept me more engaged. This course offered techniques to improve EQ in a person’s comprehensive lifestyle. He also touched on children and substance use disorders. I especially loved the last chapter which discussed the future of EQ. He gave an example of homes that are able to monitor a person’s emotions and respond accordingly with temperature and aromas.

[♏Vanessa♏]

I found it very interesting but the movie bits got on my nerves 😬
Whilst the interviews were a major part of the lectures and served as good examples I found myself zooming out during those. I thought the audiobook would be easier but turns out it wasn’t easy to concentrate on it in order to fully understand I actually had to re listen to parts often as I would zone out or sleep 😴
Saying that, the content, in writing, would be worth reading for sure.

[D.]

Absolutely great audio book. Definitely will re-visit in the future.

[S. Kallahan]

This was better than most things I've seen on emotional intelligence, but it still feels a bit vague in its science. CBT seems a bit more solid.

[Rita]

yes just yes

[Don]

lots of conversations

[Julius Slighterman]

Well structured and informative, though too academic for my taste. I had to filter for everyday use and skipped a lot of scientific parts.

[Silvano Paternoster]

Interesting book. But too much theory (correctly referenced) but too few practical examples that would have made it earn 5 stars

[Azalea Waffle]

Very good book.

[Saurabh]

Good summary of Emotional Intelligence literature and techniques.

[Denise]

Very informative and applicable to life.

[Mark]

Life is full of complex surprises,"not neatly packaged." This course gives a lens for adaptability, to sit with an emotion, and to regulate it.

[Chuy Ruiz]

It's fine. A series of lectures on what it calls EQ (as analogous to IQ), but for emotional intelligence. The interviews were probably the most interesting part to me.

[C]

some good stuff hidden in the middle of a very long text

[Taija Morgan]

Worth reading.

[James]

About halfway through on a section about microaggressions it perpetuates the term mansplaining, but also defined it wrong, while ignoring that using the term mansplaining against a male is itself a microaggression.
"the explanation of something by a man, typically to a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing."
It's NOT when a man merely interrupts a woman to talk over her, as the author defines it.