Travis Bradberry

"Emotional intelligence is the ability to read and understand our own emotions and those of the people around us, then use this awareness to manage our behaviour and relationships."

"Super-successful people know more than others do because they're constantly working to increase their self-awareness. They vow constant growth. Whenever they have a spare moment, they fill it with self-education."

"Super-successful people know more than others do because they're constantly working to increase their self-awareness."

"Your brain grows new connections as you learn new skills. The change is gradual, as your brain cells develop new connections to speed the efficiency of new skills acquired."

"Emotional intelligence is a flexible set of skills that can be acquired and improved with practice."

"People with high EQs master their emotions because they understand them, and they use an extensive vocabulary of feelings to do so."