Optimal

Resumen del libro

There are moments when we achieve peak performance: an athlete plays a perfect game; a business has a quarter with once-in-a-lifetime profits. But these moments are often fleeting, and for every amazing day, we may have a hundred ordinary and even unsatisfying ones. Fulfillment doesn't come from isolated peak experiences, or elusive 'flow' states, but rather from many consistent good days.

So how do we sustain performance, while avoiding burnout and maintaining balance?
In Optimal, Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss reveal how emotional intelligence can help us have a great day, any day. They explain how to set a realistic, attainable goal of feeling satisfied that you've had a productive day - to consistently work at your 'optimal' level. Based on research of how hundreds of people build the inner architecture of having a good day, they sketch what an optimal state feels like, and show how emotional intelligence holds the key to our best performance.
Optimal is the culmination of decades of scientific discoveries bearing on emotional intelligence.

Enhanced emotional intelligence pays off in improved engagement, productivity and more satisfying days. In this book, you'll find the keys to competence in emotional intelligence, and practical methods for applying this skill set more readily. It will equip you to become a highly effective leader and enable you to build an organizational culture that empowers workers to sustain high performance.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Daniel Goleman x{0026}lt;/strong es psicólogo y redactor de la sección de ciencias de la conducta y del cerebro en el New York Times desde 1984, ha impartido docencia en Harvard, universidad en la que se doctoró, y ha sido editor de la revista Psychology Today. En la actualidad es coordinador del programa Emotional Literacy que depende del Fester Institute y del Institute for the Advancement of Health entre otras instituciones.x{0026}lt;/p