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Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman · 1995
Daniel Goleman's book on emotional intelligence, named by Drew Houston as an early formative book that changed how he understood trainable human skills.
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Emotional Intelligence
it spelled out something that I just didn't know you could kind of break down in a logical way.
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Drew Houston
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Tim Ferriss · 2018-08-29 · accessed 2026-06-23
Houston says Emotional Intelligence spelled out something he did not know could be broken down logically, but this is kept as a mention because he describes formative impact rather than a direct recommendation.
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