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Emotional Intelligence for Success
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Emotional Intelligence for Success

PopTech, 2016


Editorial Rating

8

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  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

If you have ever made a New Year’s resolution, you know how difficult it is to remain steadfast. In fact, 25% of resolutions fail within a week. Psychology professor David DeSteno explains that the rational approach to self-control – willpower – is flawed. He believes an alternative emotional-based method may raise your chances of success. getAbstract recommends DeSteno’s intriguing report to those who long to apply lasting change to their lives.

Take-Aways

  • Self-control, or the ability to postpone a short-term reward in favor of a higher future payoff, is a definitive gauge of success.
  • Subjects who can resist instant gratification tend to fare better academically, professionally, socially and financially.
  • The cognitive path to self-control has several shortcomings. It is weak, biased and potentially harmful.

About the Speaker

David DeSteno is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University.


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    R. P. 6 months ago
    Nice.
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    J. T. 1 year ago
    I like the phrasing "Respect Your Future".
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    O. V. 6 years ago
    I miss a definition of the difference between willpower and self control.

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