As much as 80% of adult "success" comes from EQ.

The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks

Shipping by sea produces 1/60 the emissions of shipping by air and about 1/5 that of trucking.

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

The more socially intelligent you are, the happier and more robust and more enjoyable your relationships will be.

But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.

The human brain is by no means fully formed at birth. It continues to shape itself through life, with the most intense growth occurring during childhood.