Social Intelligence

The New Science of Human Relationships

De: Daniel Goleman

Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris

Emotional Intelligence was an international phenomenon, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year, selling more than five million copies worldwide. Now, with Social Intelligence, Daniel Goleman presents groundbreaking work that synthesizes the latest findings in biology and brain science, revealing that we are "wired to connect.

In richly anecdotal detail, Goleman brings to life the field of social neuroscience that has emerged in the decade since the publication of Emotional Intelligence. He shows that, far more than we are consciously aware, our daily encounters with parents, spouses, bosses, and even strangers shape our brains and affect cells throughout our bodies. Our relationships create a setpoint for our daily moods and influence our immune response; they are crucial to achievement in students and workers; they determine whether or not some genes are expressed, for good or ill.

Above all, Goleman explores the foundations of rapport, love, cooperation, and altruism, with major implications for the wellbeing of our families, communities, and workplaces. Whether you listen to this as a lover or parent, medical professional or businessperson, teacher or community leader, you will never see your relationships in the same way again.

©2006 Daniel Goleman (P)2006 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

so much information

A very thorough book. Excellent information for anyone who has an interest psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, behavioral economics, or any related fields.

You me and it

Good information about the relationships we need to experience the full potential of life and more

Great presentation!

Would you consider the audio edition of Social Intelligence to be better than the print version?

The only reason I would reference the print version is if I need to quote a page number. I was very satisfied with the audio edition. Given my present situation, I would not have been able to sit down and read a text such as this.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Not applicable

Have you listened to any of Dennis Boutsikaris’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not heard this narrator before and I am very pleased with his performance compared to some others who narrate texts. He uses inflections and pauses when required.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

As this was a text, I was very pleased with the presentation. It did not produce any emotional reaction with the exception of some "Ah..ha" moments when explanations were elaborated.

Any additional comments?

I would highly recommend this book to any person who is involved in a "helping profession", parents, counsellors, religious leaders, and community leaders. This book will assist persons with raising their children and assist individuals to exercise preventative behaviours rather than reactive behaviours.

The best of Goleman’s EQ books

EQ, EQ at work, and primal leadership are groundbreaking, yes - explaining and formulating concepts on a relatively new way of looking at measuring people. How well do we get along. The EQ Quickbook by Travis Bradberry is actually better than all those books because it takes all their concepts, explains them and shows how to work on them - saving you huge amounts of time. On the other hand - social EQ- this book, is different - it’s better than the other Goleman books. It breaks down EQ in many contexts such as kids, family, friends. It’s well written and very thought provoking. Of all goleman’s EQ books, I really enjoyed listening to this one the most.

Now more than ever

Inches year of division and hatred, 2022, we all need to take heed to what this book showed back in 2006. We obviously have not learned the lessons. Rather, what was in hidden or fringe segments of society, has spilled into the mainstream, from the former president and January 6th to the total inability of the legislative branch to work together. Our amygdala have been fried! We all need some relief.

This book offers many insights into other’s’ behaviors

Mirror neurons are an important concept on which the author builds his narrative.

“Mirror neurons were first discovered by neuroscientists who implanted wires in the brains of monkeys to monitor areas involved in planning and carrying out movement.” Page 161.
Carpenter and Huffman (2010) Visualizing Psychology, second edition.

Written with scientific rigor on the one hand, but accessible to a lay audience on the other, this book illustrates the need for a greater awareness of the specific mechanisms that motivate our behaviors during our interactions with other people. I first picked up this book at the library after my then, new wife and I, were searching for better ways to connect and understand how our different backgrounds were seeping into our perceptions of each other and sometimes, perhaps, triggering conflicts between us. Now after a decade of marriage and really digging into this book on a deeper level, my interactions with both my wife and people in our wider social circle, have been more fluid and easy, and I have more confidence in myself and my ability to understand others. It has also triggered some very deep feelings of empathy for one individual in particular, whom I came to realize how deeply he had been hurt in his past and came to a greater understanding of the profound impact his childhood is having on his current, seemingly dysfunctional interactions with us. This one epiphany and many more like it, came while listening to this book and pondering its implications.

Anyways, if you’re searching for a greater understanding of others and tools on how you could better interact with them, and a better understanding of yourself, I would recommend this book. You won’t be disappointed.

Good, if it didn't repeat

This book is good... if abridged. The unabridged is extremely long and repetative. If it's unabridged or nothing, I would choose nothing.

Excellent content, very enlightening

Goleman details a perspective on social intelligence that differs from the traditionally accepted view. This presentation is not only very perceptive, but very useful in understanding intelligence. It is the human experience to see things from another's perspective, to understand by comparing ideas. It is this vector that Goleman pursues in Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships. This is useful to apply the effect of social pressure, social presence and social understanding to improve understanding that would otherwise be more static and less productive. I am often frustrated with the field of psychology for fogging understanding by applying layers of metaphor to explain behavior. I do not see this as progress. Goleman applies neuroscience, anthropology and practical problem solving to bring the topic new light.

This book changed the way I think about thinking, in a good way, I think. Social influence and peer pressure have traditionally been portrayed typically in a negative way, at least in modern society. To realize that human thinking is social thinking at its core gives better understanding of our thought process, logic, analysis, and values. I believe that my thinking is clearer in this context. Listen to this book and add your reviews. I highly recommend this book.

Narration is excellent. Very easy to listen and focus. Production quality is excellent. Recording quality is excellent.

Will benefit every listener

Definitely one of the more important books of our time: helps reason why we feel the way we do

Really interesting

This audiobook was a very interesting look into social intelligence. I was captivated by many of the studies and the conclusions. An excellent companion to Emotional Intelligence.