USING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO tame YOUR OWN BRAIN

Feeling scared or angry a little too often can be uncomfortable, and might lead you to say or do the wrong thing sometimes. Those feelings come from the part of your brain called the amygdala, which looks for danger, but which too often over-reacts. That tendency to over-react comes from our cave-man ancestors, who constantly faced physical danger. It served them well. But today, that tendency to over-react can often lessen your ability to deal with modern problems. Emotional Intelligence for a Divided World will show you how to master that primitive part of your brain and bring it up to date. As a result, you’ll be more likely to use the smarter, more modern parts of your brain, and feel much better about yourself and the way you act.