Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever.

The more time you put into practicing, then, the greater the payoff.

Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages.

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

One of the leading theories of why electroconvulsive therapy is effective for most severe depressions is that it causes a loss of short-term memory - patients feel better because they can't remember why they were sad.

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills.

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.