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We define emotional intelligence as the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide

We define emotional intelligence as the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions.

Peter Salovey
Leadership, Emotional, Thinking
Peter Salovey, Marc A. Brackett, John D. Mayer (2004). “Emotional Intelligence: Key Readings on the Mayer and Salovey Model”, p.1961, National Professional Resources Inc./Dude Publishing

People in good moods are better at inductive reasoning and creative problem solving.

Peter Salovey
Leadership, People, Creative

I think in the coming decade we will see well-conducted research demonstrating that emotional skills and competencies predict positive outcomes at home with one's family, in school, and at work. The real challenge is to show that emotional intelligence matters over-and-above psychological constructs that have been measured for decades like personality and IQ. I believe that emotional intelligence holds this promise.

Peter Salovey
Real, Believe, Home

The most effective way to combat speech you don’t like is with speech.

Peter Salovey
Speech, Way, Combat
"Yale President Peter Salovey: ‘The Most Effective Way To Combat Speech You Don’t Like Is With Speech’" By Paige Lavender, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 23, 2015.

At Yale we don’t just want to make new things, we want to make things better.

Peter Salovey
Yale, Want, New Things

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