Part 5 of the TED Radio Hour episode Just A Little Nicer. About Daniel Goleman’s TED Talk Psychologist Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional
GUY RAZ, HOST:
OK, so we covered empathy in the religious world, the evolutionary reasons for compassion. Let’s get a psychologist on the case.
DANIEL GOLEMAN: OK. I’m ready.
RAZ: This is Daniel Goleman.
GOLEMAN: I’m best known to most people as the author of “Emotional Intelligence.”
RAZ: He pretty much coined that phrase. It’s essentially the ability to evaluate another person’s emotions. And Daniel’s spent his entire career thinking about empathy. And you could say it’s had quite the effect on him.
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