Neuroscience

I've been getting books on Amazon about this social and affective neuroscience and neuropsychology. I have been watching talks on Ted.com about them too (I recommend Jeff Hawkins' talks) so I have all this on the brain. (Ba-ZING)

We don't see the affects of ourselves on other people at all. (Emotional contagion) When someone is told they brighten a room just by walking into it that person will never know what the person telling them knows about their affect on people. All they will ever know is what the room is like after they have entered it. They don't see the change from what it was like before they get into the room or what it is like after they leave it. Even if they were to watch themselves on video they wouldn't feel the affects they are having on the people in the room. That affect we have on people is so powerful! People that take the time to develop their social intelligence truly have an upper hand in life.