Such a waste of time. ( )

I admired all the previous works of Daniel Goleman. For me "Emotional Intelligence" and "Working With Emotional Intelligence" stand out as his best works.

Focus - I hate to say this but this book left me very confused. As my fellow reviewers pointed this book lacked focus. Mr. Goleman has rambled and certain sections of the book is discursive.

I felt this books as a dissertation or a white paper than as a self-help book. There are no actionable items. Just a text book.


Some of the sections are very good on their own, but they fail to dovetail into the context of Focus. For example, chapters in section 4, "The Bigger Context" are interesting but left me wondering what they have got to do anything with Focus. To certain the same can be said about section 3, "Reading Others" - I felt this section has more to do with Emotional Intelligence than with focus.

I loved the section, "Smart Practice" - to me that's the only take away from this book. ( )

Dit boek springt van de hak op de tak. Niets geleerd uit dit boek, veel stukken erg diagonaal gelezen. ( )

Some good stuff, but scattershot. More like a series of magazine articles than a book; more like reportage than writing. ( )

Ironically this book is unfocused and full of recycled material from others of the genre. ( )