Emotional Intelligence

It seemed to me yesterday watching Gordon Brown's speech that he must recently have had some advice about trying to 'connect' with his people. Peter Mandelson gave a speech which demonstrated a great degree of emotional intelligence. He was able to make fun of himself, acknowledge his weaknesses and build on his strengths. And I guess that Gordon Brown's advisors have been working really hard lately on trying to make their leader more appealing, and sound more in touch with real life. But did it work? I don't know. He came across as caring and sincere but what he was saying was much of the same old stuff so it was difficult to work out if he really is making an attempt to empathise with the rest of us, put himself in our shoes. I've recorded a piece below about Emotional Intelligence....and will follow this up shortly with more details about why it matters so much in all aspects of life.