We have all heard that you should be nice to the smart kids in school, because chances are that one day they will be your boss. Daniel Goleman sees things differently. He shows us that it is not always the people with the highest I.Q. that are successful in the real world, but those who are smart enough to make it in and know how to relate to others.

Goleman's definition of Emotional Intelligence has six main points: you must have a drive to achieve, being able to persuade and successfully argue with others, pattern recognition and seeing what matters, analysis skills and being able to change problems, taking on challenges without being asked to, and self-confidence. In other words, the great leaders are those who are self-confident and able to see what is motivating others so as to be able to activate as much motivation as possible.

I.Q. is clearly not the only deciding factor in people's success. We must be able to read and react to people around us in order to obtain success. Our emotional intelligence plays an equal if not greater role in determining how well we get along in this world.