Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
Executive director, Black dog Institute, University of New South Wales.
Gordon has been ranked as one of the world's leading researchers in his field and is in the top 0.1% of cited authors on psychiatry/psychology research internationally.
"Human beings survive by their instincts but are defined by their cooperativeness and effectiveness. Those who wish to achieve sentient human being status should read this roadmap to advancing emotional intelligence. This book goes way beyond the facile 'painting by numbers' approach of most self-improvement books and is simply unique. It mixes socio-biology, and avuncular wisdom and common sense, and the reader will find themselves going back to this book again and again to soak in its practical astuteness. Psychiatrist Julian Short offers a masterclass guide to managing relationships with kindness, dignity and rat cunning."
Geraldine Doogue, BA AO
Geraldine is a multi-award winning radio and television journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Commission. She is best known for her role as presenter of "Nationwide", "Compass" and "Life Matters". Geraldine has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship for social and cultural reporting in 2000 and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to the community and media in 2003.
"This impressive, wise book distils the insights of a man who has sat and listened to thousands of modern worries and worriers... Read and understand why the complex machine called 'your emotions' can be far easier to service than you may think."