While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

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.

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.

The best leaders don’t know just one style of leadership—they’re skilled at several, and have the flexibility to switch between styles as the circumstances dictate.

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

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions.

Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.