Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman did something genuinely difficult: he took dense behavioral science and made it part of everyday conversation. His 1995 book Emotional Intelligence reframed how millions of people think about intelligence, arguing that managing emotions matters as much as raw intellect. As someone wary of pop-psychology, I find his rigor reassuring, twelve years reporting on the brain for The New York Times and a Harvard background underpin the work. The book's reach into forty languages says something real. I admire writers who translate hard science into language ordinary readers can actually use without dumbing it down.

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Name (English)

Daniel Goleman

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・ゴールマン

Reading

だにえる・ごーるまん

Born

March 7, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Stockton, California, United States

Occupation

researcher / psychologist / journalist / writer / science journalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

University

Harvard University

• Official sitehttps://danielgoleman.info
• Xhttps://x.com/DanielGolemanEI
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Goleman
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351701

Tags

• California
• researcher
• psychologist
• journalist

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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