15 Facts About Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman was born on March 7,1946 and is an American psychologist, author, and science journalist.

Apart from his books on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis, and the Dalai Lama's vision for the future.

Daniel Goleman grew up in a Jewish household in Stockton, California, the son of Fay Goleman, professor of sociology at the University of the Pacific, and Irving Goleman, humanities professor at Stockton College.

Daniel Goleman attended the University of California at Berkeley through Amherst's Independent Scholar program.

Daniel Goleman studied in India using a pre-doctoral fellowship from Harvard and a post-doctoral grant from the Social Science Research Council.

Daniel Goleman wrote his first book based on travel in India and Sri Lanka.

Daniel Goleman then returned as a visiting lecturer to Harvard, where during the 1970s his course on the psychology of consciousness was popular.

In 1993 Daniel Goleman co-founded the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning at Yale University's Child Studies Center, which then moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Daniel Goleman co-founded Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations in 1996.

Daniel Goleman was a science journalist at the New York Times until 1996, covering psychology, emotions, and the brain.

Daniel Goleman was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his work at the Times.

Daniel Goleman wrote that "the need for the meditator to retrain his attention, whether through concentration or mindfulness, is the single invariant ingredient in the recipe for altering consciousness of every meditation system".

In Working with Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman developed the argument that non-cognitive skills can matter as much as IQ for workplace success, and made a similar argument for leadership effectiveness in Primal Leadership.

In Daniel Goleman's Book Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence he discusses the secret to success, and how mindfulness allows us to concentrate on what's important.

Daniel Goleman emphasizes that for business leaders, the practice of mindfulness is especially critical.