A Quote by Daniel Goleman

Our genetic heritage endows each of us with a series of emotional set-points that determines our temperament. But the brain circuitry involved is extraordinarily malleable; temperament is not destiny.

Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman
American - Author
Born: March 7, 1946

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