Best 10 Emotional Intelligence Books

1. Emotional Intelligence 2.0

By Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 delivers a step-by-step program for increasing your EQ via four, core EQ skills that enable you to achieve your fullest potential:
1) Self-Awareness
2) Self-Management
3) Social Awareness
4) Relationship Management

2. Emotional Intelligence

By Daniel Goleman

Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well. These factors, which include self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart—and they aren’t fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experiences, emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened throughout our adulthood—with immediate benefits to our health, our relationships, and our work. 

3. Emotional Intelligence

By Brandon Goleman

Through this book you will:

• Understand How Emotional Intelligence can help you make a positive impact both at work and in your personal life
• Learn Which Are The Core Emotions and learn how to read other people
• Be Able to Better Define Your Personal Values and never stress out when taking a decision or approaching a particular situation
• Find Out How To Influence Others and get what you want without looking like a manipulative person
• Build Meaningful and Lasting Relationships based on mutual respect, empathy and trust

4. Permission to Feel

By Marc Brackett

Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University’s Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. In his 25 years as an emotion scientist, he has developed a remarkably effective plan to improve the lives of children and adults – a blueprint for understanding our emotions and using them wisely so that they help, rather than hinder, our success and well-being. 

5. Working with Emotional Intelligence

By Daniel Goleman

Drawing on unparalleled access to business leaders around the world and studies in more than 500 organizations, Goleman documents an astonishing fact: in determining star performance in every field, emotional intelligence matters twice as much as IQ or technical expertise.

Readers also discover how emotional competence can be learned. Goleman analyzes five key sets of skills and vividly shows how they determine who is hired and who is fired in the top corporations in the world. 

6. Emotional Intelligence 2.0

By Joseph Griffith

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 will teach you how to tap into the power of your brain, rewire it, and start thinking critically among other things.

  Here is a preview of what you will learn:
✅How to tap into the power of your brain
✅Strategies to help you deal with fear, worry and anxiety
✅Tips to help build your self-esteem and self-confidence
✅What critical thinking exactly is
✅Why it is important to develop critical thinking skills?
✅What makes someone a critical thinker
✅Effective steps you can take to be a critical thinker
✅How to develop a positive mindset
✅How important critical thinking is to goal setting
And much more!

7. Emotional Intelligence For Dummies

By Steven J. Stein

Full of lively anecdotes and practical advice, Emotional Intelligence For Dummies is the ideal book for anyone who wants to get smart about their feelings and reach the next level at work and at home.

• Manage your emotions – identify your feelings, determine what beliefs cause negative emotions, and stop self-destructive behaviors
• Discover the power of empathy – read other people’s emotions through facial cues and body language and show them you understand their feelings
• Thrive at work – find a job that’s right for you, overcome hassles and fears, and develop your leadership skills
• Build and sustain meaningful relationships – discover how to take your partner’s emotional temperature and manage emotions to grow closer
• Raise an emotionally intelligent child – keep your cool with your child, coax shy children out of their shells, and get your child to be less aggressive and defiant

8. Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

By Mark Craemer

Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace includes:

• The power of connection—Learn why emotional intelligence is so critical for collaboration and success, along with easy ways to practice self-awareness, develop flexibility, read a room, and more.
• Real-world examples—Find anecdotes and example scenarios that show you the techniques in action and explain how they help build reputation and trust.
• Ways to grow and thrive—Discover how increased emotional intelligence opens doors for new opportunities and career advancement.

9. The Emotional Intelligence Activity Kit

By Adele Lynn, Janele Lynn

The Emotional Intelligence Activity Kit shows the way with 50 practical exercises to:

• Promote introspection
• Increase empathy
• Improve social skills
• Boost influence
• Inspire purpose
• Bring everyone on board

10. Emotional Intelligence

By Eric Jordan

In this book you will learn:

– How to observe and analyze your emotions at any given moment.
– How to connect more easily with people and build strong and lasting relationships.
– How your body reacts to your various emotional states.
– How to release unwanted and potentially destructive emotions.
– “Thought traps” and how to deal with them.
– Mindfulness and its role in developing EQ.
– How to improve your EQ in everyday environments.
– How having a higher emotional intelligence will benefit your life.