Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity.

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

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

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

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings. This is part of teaching emotional literacy - a set of skills we can all develop, including the ability to read, understand, and respond appropriately to one's own emotions and the emotions of others.

The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.

The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time.