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Purpose Matters for Business Travel, Too

Harvard Business Review

In October 1996, for example, I undertook a “double red-eye” from Buenos Aires to New York and back, sleeping two back-to-back nights on planes, so I could meet Daniel Goleman at his home close to Maine. ” It’s nice to see these digital natives agreeing on the importance of personal bonds.

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People Skills Are Hard Skills - More Than You Know

Building Personal Strength

One intellectual movement, called “emotional intelligence,” introduced by Daniel Goleman over 15 years ago, shined a spotlight on people skills. Video production companies treat only a few of the essential people skills, and their approach seems mostly to entertain and motivate, not to teach how.

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