Alain De Botton

The School of Life

Emotional intelligence affects every aspect of the way we live, from romantic to professional relationships, from our inner resilience to our social success. It is the ultimate soft skill of the twenty-first century. Drawing on his work in the hugely successful School of Life organisation, Alain de Botton presents a compendium of emotional intelligence. Using his trademark mixture of analysis, anecdote, insight and practical wisdom, he considers how we interact with each and with ourselves, and how we can do so better. From the reigning master of popular philosophy, this is an essential look at the skill set that defines our modern lives.

The School of Life: an Emotional Education

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Much anxiety surrounds the question of how good the next generation will be at maths; very little around their abilities at marriage or kindness.

We are as clever with our machines and technologies as we are simple-minded in the management of our emotions.

Akrasia, weakness of will, a habit of not listening to what we accept should be heard and a failure to act upon what we know is right.

A good 'school' shouldn't tell us only things we've never heard of before; it should be deeply inter- ested in rehearsing all that is theoretically known yet practically forgotten. 

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