There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.
Daniel GolemanRead
Happy, calm children learn best
Interpretation
Children who are happy and calm are more effective learners.
This quote emphasizes the importance of emotional well-being in the learning process of children. When children feel happy and calm, they are in a better state of mind to absorb information, engage with their surroundings, and develop positive relationships, which ultimately enhances their educational experience and growth.
In practice
In a workshop for educators discussing the significance of emotional intelligence in classrooms.
There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.
Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.
In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels
Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.
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.
What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.
Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent lyrics, soulful samples, and a sense of joy that is never exhausted in one sitting.
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.
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