Social intelligence (SI) is described as the ability to get along well with others while winning their cooperation. It is a combination of sensitivity to the needs and interests of others, an attitude of generosity and consideration, and a set of practical skills for interacting successfully with people in any setting. Incorporated in this text ...more
In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, wh...more