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Gifted leadership occurs when heart and head--feeling and thought--meet. These are the two winds that allow a leader to soar.

Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: March 7
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Journalist
Psychologist
Researcher
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