There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.
Daniel GolemanRead
Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Teachers should feel at ease discussing emotions with students.
This quote emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence in education. Daniel Goleman suggests that teachers who can openly talk about feelings create a supportive and understanding environment, which can enhance learning and foster stronger relationships between educators and students.
Themes
TeachersFeelingsEmotional IntelligenceEducationCommunication
In practice
Example use cases
During a teacher training session focused on emotional intelligence.
More from Daniel Goleman
All quotes βEmpathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.
Daniel GolemanRead
In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels
Daniel GolemanRead
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.
Daniel GolemanRead
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.
Daniel GolemanRead
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.
Daniel GolemanRead
Similar quotes
I don't think that our Founders would believe that America could long prosper if the people were not readers.
Ben SasseRead
Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.
Jorge Luis BorgesRead
When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.
Neil GaimanRead
We need to get to kids who have no idea what we do. We need to open the doors wide and let them in. There are many undiscovered voices out there - voices that, against all odds, can rise up and enrich this culture and perhaps change the very nature of the marketplace for the better.
Dan WiedenRead
The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher.
Leo TolstoyRead
American computer science grads often have very little exposure to the human condition. They've rarely had manual labor or service jobs. They grow up in a bubble of privilege lulled into thinking this country is a true meritocracy.
Chris SaccaRead