American psychologist and science journalist — author of Emotional Intelligence (1995) — who created the EQ concept and made it mainstream — co-author of Altered Traits on meditation research.
Creates emotional intelligence (EQ) as a mainstream concept — Goleman's Emotional Intelligence synthesized Salovey and Mayer's academic EQ research into a popular argument (that emotional and social skills matter more than IQ for life outcomes) that transformed management, education, and self-help.
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