The Lowdown on Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence, like mindfulness meditation in the days of yore and intermittent fasting today, gets bandied about much in the self-improvement literature. While that might fatigue readers like us, it’s not without good reason that these ideas appear to overstay their welcome. People the world over have found themselves embroiled in national emergencies, corporate failures, and familial breakdowns more times than they’d like to count. And, as we shall see, there are good reasons to think that these will continue…