Optimal: how to sustain excellence every day

R$ 156,90

Sinopse

Bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman and co-author Cary Cherniss reveal practical methods for applying the principles of emotional intelligence to enter an optimal state of high performance, offering a roadmap to being at your best, every day.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.

Participantes

Autor: Daniel Goleman | Cary Cherniss

Autor

DANIEL GOLEMAN

Daniel Goleman é presidente do Emotional Intelligence Services, empresa de consultoria com sede em Sudbury, Massachusetts, nos Estados Unidos. Durante 12 anos, escreveu sobre psicologia e ciências do cérebro para The New York Times. Editor da revista Psychology Today por nove anos, lecionou em Harvard (onde recebeu seu doutorado). Além de Inteligência Emocional, entre seus livros estão Vital Lies, Simple Truths, A Mente Meditativa e, A Arte da Meditação.