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By Barrie Davenport
Back in 1995, psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman published a groundbreaking book call Emotional Intelligence.
The book was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half, with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide. The Harvard Business Review called Goleman’s work on emotional intelligence “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea.”
So what is emotional intelligence, and why is it so important? In short, emotional intelligence, or EQ, refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions. It is a measurable component of who we are, just as IQ is.