Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.

Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.

There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain.

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.

Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.

A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'

Sheree Conrad and Michael Milburn bring a much-needed sanity to that confusing and unruly terrain, our sexual lives/