It was a tough week in bearcat country.   To get through this episode, your fearless hosts had to dig deep and feel feelings, which is a very overrated experience.  Fortunately, we were supported by the thoughtful words of our super fan, BearcatFan#1.   We also remember H.W. Bush, dance with the green fairy, pay a welfare check on Darrell Hammond, find out which host has more EQ, and ponder the existence of a Red Taped curse.  Please join us as we discuss Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves.

Drink: Absinthe

Attributes and References:

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ by Daniel Goleman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26329.Emotional_Intelligence

The EQ Factor by Nancy Gibbs: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,133181,00.html

Without Emotional Intelligence Mindfulness Doesn’t Work by Daniel Goleman and Matthew Lippincott:  https://hbr.org/2017/09/sgc-what-really-makes-mindfulness-work

Emotional Intelligence is Overrated by Adam Grant Ph.D. :  https://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-grant/emotional-intelligence-is_b_5915758.html

Emotional Intelligence Needs a Rewrite: Think you can read people’s emotions? Think again by Lisa Feldman Barrett: http://nautil.us/issue/51/limits/emotional-intelligence-needs-a-rewrite

Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13239950-hills-like-white-elephants

Opening Music:

Focus by A. A. Alto from the album Connections (CC BY NC)