Daniel Goleman, Author of “Emotional Intelligence”

Today, my guest is Daniel Goleman, an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. As a science journalist, Daniel reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half, with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries.

Apart from his books on emotional intelligence, Daniel has written books on  topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis. Daniel is a co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, originally at the Yale Child Studies Center and now at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Daniel’s work as a science journalist has been recognized with many awards, including the Washburn Award for science journalism, a Lifetime Career Award from the American Psychological Association, and he was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of his communicating science to the general public. Daniel holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Hsu Untied interview with Daniel Goleman