Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.

Those already publiDaniel Golemand include:
Psychiatrist Daniel J. He developed The Emotional Intelligence Appraisal test specifically The Emotional Competencies (Goleman) model. ISBN 978-0-7879-5690-5
2006: Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships Bantam Books.

He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee. For twelve years he wrote for The New York Times specializing in psychology and brain sciences. Daniel Jay Goleman (born March 7 1946) is an author psychologist and science journalist.