#daniel-goleman #emotional-brain #emotional-iq #impulses-to-action #what-are-emotions-for #when-passions-overwhelm-reasons
The root of the word emotion is motere, the Latin verb "to move," this means a tendency to act is implicit in every emotion.
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All emotions are, in essence, impulses to act, the instant plans for handling life that evolution has instilled in us. <span>The very root of the word emotion is motere, the Latin verb "to move," plus the prefix "e-" to connote "move away," suggesting that a tendency to act is implicit in every emotion. That emotions lead to actions is most obvious in watching animals or children; it is only in "civilized" adults we so often find the great anomaly in the animal kingdom, emoti
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