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Jan 23, 2015 22 min

Personality and temperament determine everything!

from Talk Cocktail Hosted by Jeff Schechtman

F. Scott Fitzgerald, in The Great Gatsby, defines personality as “an unbroken series of successful gestures.” Certainly that is the outer manifestation. But science, brain research and cutting edge psychology tells us that it's all part of a much more complex overall system. A system that shapes our lives, our identities and our emotions. It's a system that determines that the way in which we understand ourselves and our own personalities, shapes how we view and interact with others. This is the work of John D. Mayer the renowned psychologist who co-developed the groundbreaking theory of emotional intelligence, and now looks even deeper into personality in Personal Intelligence: The Power of Personality and How It Shapes Our Lives. My conversation with John D. Mayer: Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe

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