Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121470 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 16 pages

From the Author
These tips represent a distillation of everything I've learned in the last 8 years as a therapist, life coach and NLP trainer. They are designed to be practical and easy to use.

About the Author
Andy Smith is an NLP trainer and life coach based in Manchester, England. He runs courses in emotional intelligence and NLP for businesses and individuals. After many years in the stressful long-hours environment of the IT industry, Andy retrained as a stress management consultant and finally found the work he was born to do. He specialises in applying the practical findings of leading-edge disciplines such as NLP to developing emotional intelligence. Andy's corporate clients have included Sony, Mintel, GlaxoSmithKline, the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the National Health Service.

Excerpted from 55 Ways to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence by Andy Smith. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Tip 14: Respect your body's natural cycle.

We have a natural cycle of rest and activity. Left to ourselves, we would have an hour and a half of activity followed by 20 minutes rest. The further we get from that natural cycle, the more stress we experience. So take a break in the middle of the morning and the middle of the afternoon, and leave work at a reasonable time.

Customer Reviews

The Wisdom of EI in a nutshell
This is, without doubt, THE best value for money of any EI/EQ product I've come across.

It offers 55 basic tips to help you to develop your emotional intelligence, divided up under the headings used by Goleman in his best sellers on the subject.
Moreover these are 55 genuinely separate tips rather than just variations on a theme.

In my opinion, given the time of year and the increasingly stressful conditions many of us have to operate under in the workplace, and often elsewhere, this is a pefect gift for anyone who would like to have more control over the way they live their lives.

This would be a bargain if it cost twice as much. At this low price it's an absolute steal!

The best things DO come in small packages!
Although Daniel Goleman's books have been outstandingly successful in bringing "emotional intelligence" to a wide audience, what none of his books SEEM to do is explain HOW to become more emotionally intelligent.
(Fair play note: Actually the original book tells the reader almost exactly how to do this, but you have to know the technique already in order to recognise it!)

Not surprisingly, a number of writers have tried to fill that niche - all to often without much success. What makes this booklet such a joy is that - as they say in a certain TV advert - "it does what it says on the tin". It really does offer practical, easy-to-implement ways to boost your EQ.

Following Goleman's formulation, the 55 tips are grouped under 5 main headings, offering guidance on:

- Self-Awareness
- Self-Regulation
- Motivation
- Empathy, and
- Social Skills.

A further point worth making is that each tip covers a separate topic, so you don't get reams of stuff on one subject and next to nothing on another.

In my opinion this is an excellent little introduction to the five "competencies" of emotional intelligence as described in Goleman's books.
I'd recommend this booklet as a perfect "stocking filler"-type present to give to anyone who is actively interested in emotional intelligence, or who just wants a practical overview of what it's all about; thereby proving that "the best things DO come in small packages".

Practical and expert advice on Emotional Intelligence
Every single tip in this valuable guide is easy to understand and implement. It is not shrouded in idealogies although the pieces are well-founded in known disciplines and research, so it is digestible by everyone. It is the neatest and most practical book I have seen for the busy reader - and that is said having written several EI books of my own! A must for everyone interested in getting some peace.