Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
What We Know about Emotional Intelligence
Moshe Zeidner · 2009
80/100
👍 Worth It
This MIT Press volume is one of the most honest books written about emotional intelligence — it actually demands that EI prove itself against scientific standards rather than just asserting its importance. Dense academic prose means it isn't beach reading, but for researchers, psychologists, or anyone tired of pop-psychology EI books making claims they can't back up, this is the corrective. The rigor is the point.
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safety95
substance88
craft65
originality78
accuracy90
hype88
age-fit82
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict80
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