Daniel Goleman
Traditional metrics like IQ account for only twenty percent of human success, leaving the vast majority determined by how well we understand, manage, and channel our most primal emotional impulses.
The amygdala scans the environment for threats and can hijack the rational neocortex in milliseconds, forcing an immediate, impulsive reaction before logical thought occurs.
True emotional mastery requires developing five distinct capacities, which are self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy, and relationship management.
You can dramatically shorten the lifespan of negative emotions like anger or anxiety by consciously reframing the triggering event or altering your physiological state.