Relational Intelligence: The People Skills You Need for the Life of Purpose You Want

This book is just what I needed! I wish that I had access to this knowledge a long time ago. It would have saved me from a lot of relational mistakes. The author does not use words that hard to understand, or concepts that require a doctorate to comprehend lol. This book is not a guide for romantic relationships but discusses how to operate relationships in general.. as a whole ..that’s including family relationships, work relationship, purposeful relationships ( such as between a mentor and mentee) and personal/communal relationships (ie. friendships, classmates, church members, fraternal relationships etc). The book emphasizes how to categorize people in your life and how to properly align those relationships. The four suggested categories to place your relationships in include friendships, associates, assignments and advisors. Now, of course, each person in your life may not fit nicely in a little box with a red bow in each category but overall based on the criteria the book provided, you can distinguish fairly easily where to categorize certain people in your life. From the books perspective, by categorizing and aligning your relationships appropriately (based on how that person is presenting, their interactions with you and after your own thoughtful time of internal reflection and evaluation of those interactions) you will be able to determine a more realistic level of expectation and perspective for each of your relationships. For example, my coworkers are not my friends. Although we may have times where we are friendly with each other at best we are just associates. If I confuse “an associate” with being “my friend” (just because we are friendly towards one another or have done activities together), then I risk being hurt if/when that person drops me like a hot potato. Why? …because I had unrealistic expectation for that person when actuality, we were never really friends to begin with… using the example I provided, a friend (which the book, gives a criteria of what a real friend is ) wouldn’t do that, but an associate would/could bc the closeness/bond is not mutually accepted/established by both parties involved… hopefully that makes sense. I like how the book has Scriptures as a reference. I enjoy that a lot. To be fair, it is not overly saturated with Biblical Scriptures. Also, I like like that the categories are fluid. Based on present interactions with a person , the author encourages you to assess, evaluate the relationships to determine if there needs to be a realignment. If you have had friends or people in your life ghost you, consider someone a friend when they in all actuality didn’t display qualities of a friend, struggle with boundaries, if you have, I need to develop interpersonal skills and and/or want to strengthen and have a more healthy perspective on relational development, get this book! I’m already in Part three .. I’ve been taking my time and digesting each section of this book and making notes. You won’t be disappointed.

This book was an absolutely amazing read. It truly has blessed me and allowed me to look at my relationships differently and improve my life.

After reading this book, I have come to the conclusion that since Life boils down to being able to smoothly interact with people, this book empowers one to improve in that area.The Bible, as God's message to the Human Race, is the ultimate source for that kind of information, but this book, "Emotional Intelligence", really gives you insight into how human relationships are supposed to succeed, why they fail, and how to apply the truth about how humans function in order to have a more satisfying life. If you are looking for godly wisdom, this is an excellent read.

Are you ready for your eyes to be enlightened and for fresh winds of revelation to overtake you. Well, once you begin on the journey that you will definitely go when you begin to read Relational Intelligence that's exactly what will happen. This book has allowed me to evaluate all my relationships from the people I have known for years to the ones I have known for months. The weight that comes with calling someone a friend should not be taken lightly is one take away I received from this book. It has shed light on what kind I of friend I have been and who I want to be friends with and how. This book will give you a space to reflect and grow. You will have wow! aha! and oh my! moments. Well worth reading. Thank you Dr. Dharius Daniels for putting pen to paper or finger to keyboard so that the people who read this will find healing and growth and much revelation.

I love this Author and all of his content. This book is helping me put my relationships under a microscope to see who belongs where. Great book.

When I gave this book to my wife she was shocked that I got the exact box she asked me for an shipped overnight to surprise her

The author is an excellent writer. Topic is a much needed topic to discuss. I agree with the author on most of his advice. Biblical based conclusions but also common sense advice as well. Worth the read. Better as a Kindle book for a quick read. Author has a third book this fall. He is much better than Joel Osteen’s books but reading it made me think about his books on life which I do not always agree with at all. Worth the price.

This book is a wonderful resource for those looking to learn how manage their interpersonal relationships. The author explains how to successfully determine how to classify people in your life using scripture and other sources as support. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to figure out how to deal with the people in their life in a healthy manner.

One of the best books I've read. Dr. Dharius Daniels does a wonderful job helping you navigate the importance of friendships and navigating people in the right categories of life of where they fall into. At one point he even talks about clarification , advocating, limitation and elimination. These are tough with friendships but he stand firm in reminding you as the reader that friendships must be navigated extremely careful. This is a must read book. You won't regret it.

This book offers insight on Relational intelligence that is so refreshing and helpful for you and others. I like that the author is encouraging us to think through why people are in our lives what role they are to play.The relationships are categorised and there is even advice for how to readjust or realign your relationships

Truly an amazing book thank you Dr.Dharius Daniels this is such a gem! We needed this and I will share!

Great read on relationships. I personally feel like reading this book earlier on would have saved me some conflicts that resulted from misalignments in relationships. However as they say, it’s never too late. I plan to execute some practical tips given in this book into my next relational life moving forward. Thank you Dharius for the gems!

This is a must read book! It is so insightful! Dr. Daniels put perspective in a simple, applicable and practocal way. I recommend this book for ALL!!! Must READ!!