The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 23 What are emotions and how do they affect our thinking?

In this episode, Sukh explores what emotions are. He talks about his development of thinking of the topic of emotional intelligence and the different ways we talk about emotions and what they do for us as humans. He also discusses how he believes our thinking and the quality of our thinking is directly affected by the emotions we have. He argues that it's possible to think beyond the emotional reaction we're having and cultivating more empathy with others to allow for better thinking to take place.

The Emotion At Work podcast by Phil Willcox can be found here https://www.emotionatwork.podbean.com.

If you want to read the work by Paul Ekman, a good place to start is his book: Emotions Revealed: Understanding Faces and Feelings https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emotions-Revealed-Understanding-Faces-Feelings-ebook/dp/B00A3BO8P4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549187267&sr=8-1&keywords=paul+ekman.

One of the books by Daniel Goleman is a book called: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emotional-Intelligence-Matter-More-Than-ebook/dp/B002ROKQNS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549187363&sr=8-1&keywords=daniel+goleman.

You can follow Sukh on Twitter @sukhpabial.