People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

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When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about...

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about...

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted...

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted...

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor...

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor...

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is...

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over...

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over...

Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from...

Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from...

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

Its not so much the journey thats important; as is the way that we treat...

Its not so much the journey thats important; as is the way that we treat...

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones...

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones...

Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to...

Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to...