Today is a big day for four CEOs of the most powerful companies in the world: Amazon 's Jeff Bezos, Apple 's Tim Cook, Facebook 's Mark Zuckerburg, and Google 's Sundar Pichai. Each of these men will be answering questions from U.S. lawmakers. And each will try to defend their companies' business practices. In advance of the hearing, each executive was given the opportunity to present a written statement. Both Tim Cook's and Sundar Pichai's statements were a tad over 1,300 words long. Mark Zuckerberg's was more than double that, coming in just short of 2,800 words (complete with subheadings). But Jeff Bezos's statement blows the others out of the water: It's a whopping 4,540 words long. As I read Bezos's statement this morning, I couldn't ignore the lessons it teaches in emotional intelligence--both for good and potentially for evil. (Read more in today's column.) #EmotionalIntelligence #Amazon #JeffBezos #BigTech #congress #leadership #management #MakeEmotionsWorkForYouNotAgainstYou …see more