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Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 30 September 2007 16:45 |
"In Social Intelligence, Daniel Goleman explores an emerging new science with startling implications for our interpersonal world. Its most fundamental discovery: we are designed for sociability, constantly engaged in a “neural ballet” that connects us brain to brain with those around us.
Our reactions to others, and theirs to us, have a far-reaching biological impact, sending out cascades of hormones that regulate everything from our hearts to our immune systems, making good relationships act like vitamins—and bad relationships like poisons. We can “catch” other people’s emotions the way we catch a cold, and the consequences of isolation or relentless social stress can be life-shortening."
Read the rest of this review and take a sneak peak of the first chapter go to Amazon.com: Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
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